January
Activities: Pruning Apple and Pear Trees; Shovel Snow (a lot of them)
February
Activities: Seed Pepper, Egg plants, Cabbages, Kale and Salad Green indoor. Pruning and Spraying fruit trees
Harvest: Chick Weed (great for chicken and us)
March
Activities: Seed Tomatoes, Summer Squash indoor; Seed Beets, Peas, Turnips, and Carrots outdoor
Plant: Cabbage, Onion, Kale, Garlic, Potatoes, Salad Greens
Flower Blooming: Daffodils, Hellebores, Crocuses, Bloodroot, Red bud, Peach tree, ForthysiaApril
Activities: Prune Apricot, Peach, Muscadine, Grape; Prepare garden beds and Seed Water melons, cucumber, melons indoor.
Plant: Tomatoes, Pepper and Summer Squash
Harvest: Salad Greens, Kale, Beet Greens
Flower Blooming: Apricot, Peach, Virginia Bell, Forsythia , Tulips, Apple, Pear, Trillium, Dogwood, Azalea, Columbine
May
Activities: Prune Fig Trees; Seed Beans and Corns Outdoor; Weed and Mulch
Plant: Tomatoes, Pepper, Water Melon, Melon, Sweet Potatoes, corn
Harvest: Salad Greens, Kale, Napa Cabbages, Cabbages, Broccoli, and Strawberries, onion
Flower Blooming: Iris, Peonies, Rhododendron, Lilac, Roses, Poppies, Rocket Larkspur.
June
Activities: Weed and Mulch; Prune Black Berries; Seed Pumpkin and Winter Squash outdoor
Plant: Corn, Cucumber, Melons and Water melon
Harvest: Blue Berries, Black Berries, Goose Berries, Tomatoes, Cabbages, Potatoes, Cucumber, Summer Squash.
Flower Blooming: Roses, Daylilies, Hydrangea, Dalia, Sun Flower
July
Activities: Canning; Seed Cabbage
Harvest: Tomatoes, Corns, Peppers, Peaches, Plums, and Raspberries
Flower Blooming: Dalia, Zennia, Sun Flowers
August
Activities: Canning; Seed Carrots, Turnips, Kale and Napa Cabbages
Plant: Cabbages
Harvest: Peppers, Melons, Water Melons, Corn, Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squash, Tomatoes, Muscadine, Figs, Pears
Flower Blooming: Dalia, Zennia, Sun Flowers, Butterfly Bushes, Butterfly Weed; Joe Pie Weed, Hydrangea (great time to see butterflies)
September
Activities: Seed Cover Crops and Let Chicken out to clean gardens; Collect seeds
Harvest: Peppers, Apples, Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squash, Figs, Pears, Permission
Flower Blooming: Wind Flowers, Dalia, Asters, Mexican Sunflowers
October
Activities: Clean Gardens; Decorate for Fall; Plant Daffodils, Tulips and other Bulbs
Harvest/ Available Produces: Salad Greens, Turnips; Kale; Cabbages; Apples; Sweet Potatoes
November
Activities: Use leftover straw bales to prepare new garden bed(s). Collect leaves for compost
Available Produces: Kale; Turnip; Apple; Sweet Potatoes; Winter Squash; Green Onion
December
Activities: Decorate for Christmas (Using fresh greenery)