What should you plant right now?
Pick your town and we'll show you what to do this season, worked out from its own frost records.
This season in most gardensThis season in your garden
Start tomatoes and peppers
Warm-season crops need a head start indoors, timed back from your last frost.
Sow peas and greens
Cool-season crops can go in the ground a few weeks before the last frost.
Plant out tender seedlings
Harden them off for a week first, then plant out once the frost risk has passed.
Sow lettuce every few weeks
Small, regular sowings keep the salad coming instead of one big glut.
Water deeply in the morning
Less is lost to evaporation, and leaves dry off before evening.
Time your fall crops
Count back from your first frost to sow carrots, kale and beets for a fall harvest.
Harvest the tender crops
Tomatoes, squash and beans won't survive a hard frost. Pick what's ready and cover the rest on cold nights.
Get the garlic in
Garlic planted in fall roots before the ground freezes and is ready to pull next summer.
Put the beds to bed
Compost the spent plants, mulch bare soil and note what worked for next year's plan.
Build next year's plan
Choose your crops and see when each one needs to start, from your town's frost dates.
Order seeds early
Popular varieties can sell out before spring, especially for short-season gardens.
Note what worked
Write down what grew well and what didn't while you still remember.
Harvest season is coming.
Know your first frost date and have covers ready for cold nights.
Open the plannerFirst frost is on its way.
Harvest the tender crops before it arrives, and plant garlic for next year.
Open the plannerPlan next year's garden.
When the beds are resting, build next spring's plan and order seeds before favourites sell out.
Open the plannerSeed starting begins soon.
Get trays, soil and lights ready. Your plan shows the first start-indoors dates.
Open the plannerPlanting calendars by town
Every town over 1,000 people in Canada and the US, with its own frost dates.