Vegetable garden calendar
The vegetable garden in January: what to prepare, plant, or postpone?
Garlic, protected sowing, and spring preparation: select January tasks based on frost, soil condition, and your equipment.
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In the garden, every month matters.
Tasks for the current month, to be adjusted based on your soil, climate and what’s already growing in your garden.
These guides use French seasonal and climatic references. Adapt them to the conditions where you garden.
Planning a year in the vegetable garden
Plan your year in the vegetable garden with existing crops, upcoming sowings and expected harvests. Adjust this schedule to your varieties, plot and weather conditions.
January to March
Mark existing crops and available spaces on your plan.
To check: Soil workability, light and any shelter before starting new sowings.
April to June
Distinguish between sowing in warmth, hardening off a plant and planting outdoors.
To check: Variety, soil condition, and frost forecasts before moving sensitive plants outside.
July to September
Note the harvests and the space freed up before choosing a follow-on crop.
To check: Adequate water and care to support seedlings and plants during an absence.
October to December
Review the crops, organise the harvests, and prepare the next plan.
To check: Frost forecasts, actual crop condition, and storage requirements specific to each vegetable.
One line per growing space, to be completed
On your vegetable garden plan, note: current crop → actual clearance date → next trial planned → necessary conditions → available person. Record how long the fully grown crop will occupy the space, not just its sowing date. The guide to your climate helps clarify this framework.
Before adding a crop, check its fact sheet: ginger, sweet potato and kale. Heat requirements, harvest type, and space needed are detailed there.
For conditions and sources, consult the guides for winter tasks, spring, summer and autumn. The monthly fact sheets below specify the possible choices.
Available guides
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The vegetable garden in February: what to sow and when to wait?
Broad beans, peas, pink garlic and radishes under cover: choose February tasks based on your soil, frost, light and available space for sowing.
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Vegetable garden in March: sowing, planting and a plan to get started
What to do in the vegetable garden in March? A simple plan to start, possible sowings and plantings, and conditions to check in your garden.
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The vegetable garden in April: sow outdoors or keep seedlings under cover?
Radishes, carrots, courgettes and tomatoes: choose between open ground and growing under cover, acclimatise young plants and adapt your actions to frost risk.
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The vegetable garden in May: when to plant summer crops?
Tomatoes, courgettes and green beans: decide on May sowings and plantings based on frost risk, soil warmth and plant acclimatisation.
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The vegetable garden in June: what to sow, plant and harvest?
French beans, carrots, radishes, summer plantings and harvests: adapt June tasks to the soil, heat and existing crops.
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The vegetable garden in July: what to sow and how to monitor harvests?
French beans, carrots, radishes: choose the sowings still possible in July and adjust watering, mulching and harvests for your garden.
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The vegetable garden in August: preparing autumn harvests
Winter radish, spinach, lamb's lettuce: choose August sowings based on heat, available water, and spaces freed by harvests.
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The vegetable garden in September: preparing autumn sowings
Corn salad, spinach and salad radishes: prepare the transition from summer crops and care for September sowings according to the heat and your climate.
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The vegetable garden in October: planting garlic and preparing the beds
Autumn garlic, broad beans in mild climates, crop protection and empty beds: choose October tasks based on your varieties, soil and weather.
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The Vegetable Garden in November: What to Plant and What to Prepare?
Garlic, broad beans in mild climates, soil protection and harvests: choose November tasks based on cold, rain and your vegetable garden's condition.
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The Vegetable Garden in December: Protect, Observe and Prepare
Waterlogged soil, frost, crops under cover and garlic to plant: choose December tasks based on your plot, varieties and local weather.
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