| Color | Dates | Color | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Group | March 15-21 | Green Group | April 26-May 2 |
| Orange Group | March 29-Apr 4 | Blue Group | May 10-16 |
| Yellow Group | April 12-18 | Violet Group | May 24-30 |
To Do This Week
| Start Inside | Transplant | Plant Outside |
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| Beets Carrots Lettuce Radishes Spinach Swiss Chard |
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| *New plant! This was added since the previous week. | ||
Prepare Garden Beds:
- Set up irrigation
About Irrigation
In some areas it is typical to have automatic or semi-automatic irrigation for gardens. If you have this kind of irrigation you don’t want to set it up too early or you risk a freeze and broken pipes. As spring warms up it becomes labor intensive to water by hand. I have found Week -2 is about the right time to turn on irrigation. It may freeze enough to damage plants, but it’s unlikely to get cold enough to freeze irrigation pipes. To learn more about building a drip irrigation system, click here.
Happy gardening!
I changed it for you, but so everyone knows–at the bottom of each newsletter is a link you can use to change your subscription.
Emily, thanks so much for this site. I’m just starting my first SFG and received the newsletter this past week – love it! I do believe that I selected the wrong color for my area. After seeing your video clip and reviewing the weather station nearest us we fall between green and blue for the frost date so I think I should follow blue in South Bend, IN. The weather has been cold and it frosted twice this past week. Could you please change my color to blue in your email newsletter? Thanks. I can hardly wait to get my herbs and veggies out of the garage (under lights) and in to the soil. Happy gardening!
Hi Emily love this site, I live in Northern British Columbia in Canada( Blue group) so I started my tomatoes and peppers etc in the house under grow lights, I am getting ready to put them out in a hothouse, do I still have to harden them off, or can I just set them out in the hothouse leaving them in their pots for a few days then plant them in the hothouse.
Yes, I live in Northern Utah county too, and it’s been an unusually cold spring. I keep wanting to move my transplants outside and then it keeps snowing (or hailing). Remember, your frost date is the AVERAGE date of the last frost, but some years it warms up sooner and others later. So watch the weather a little–if it’s still snowing it’s probably too cold. Peas, onions, broccoli can tolerate some freezing, but not piles of snow. Melons and tomatoes can tolerate none.
Great site! Been following for a few weeks now and it’s been a big help.
FROST! Green zone, N Ut. county.
I lost 2 tomatoes, 2 mellons and a few carrots and peas. Next year maybe not so anxious!
Good thing I have extra starts to transplant!
Hi Emily,
I’m in the yellow grow zone and was wondering when the right time to plant brussel sprouts would be and if I should start from seed or by plant starts? Any idea? Love you site!
Transplant means planting a plant. Plant outside means planting a seed. There are a few exceptions–onions are planted from sets (dried baby onions) but that is under “plant outside.”
This is my first newsletter – thank You! When you say “Plant outside” how will you destinguish between seeds or plants?