A Garden? Oh Boy!

We  usually have had gardens wherever we have lived. Randy's schedule and health have prevented him from preparing our back yard for a garden in Yuma until now. This week he started making raised beds for the garden. We are looking forward to homegrown produce again.

Georgia has been doing research about when our garden should be planted. She found the following resources, first, some local garden place came up with a poorly copied (and then web published) planting chart. The University of Arizona also has a vegetable planting guide in its Master Gardener Manual, that includes planting dates.

Georgia combined the data from the different sources to help us visually understand when we should expect to be working in our garden, and here it is:

Planting time

# days to harvest

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Bean, bush

Feb. 1 - Mar. 1 Aug. 1 - Sept. 1

45-60

Bean, pole

Feb. 1 - Mar. 1 Aug. 1 - Sept. 1

60-70

Beet

Sept. 15 - Mar. 1

50-60

Broccoli / Cauliflower

Sept. 1 - Jan. 1

60-80

Cantaloupe

Dec. 1 - Apr. 10

85-100

Carrot

July 15 - Aug. 15, Sept. 1 - Jan. 1

70-80

Chard

Sept. 1 - Jan. 1

45-55

Chinese Cabbage

Sept. 15 - Dec. 1

65-70

Cucumber

Dec. 1 - Apr. 1

50-70

Kale

Sept. 1 - Dec. 1

50-80

Lettuce, leaf

Sept. 20 - Jan. 1

50

Parsley

Oct. 1 - Jan. 15

70-90

Pea

Sept. 10 - 20        Jan. 20 - Feb. 15

55-90

Pepper (seed)

Nov. - Jan.

60-90

Pepper (plants)

Feb. 1 - Mar. 15

60-90

Radish

Sept. 1 - Apr. 1

25-40

Spinach

Sept. 15 - Feb. 1

40-60

Squash, summer

Dec. 15 - Apr. 10

50-60

Squash, winter

July 15 - Aug. 15

85-100

Tomato (seed)

Nov. - Jan.

70-90

Tomato (plants)

Jan. - Mar. 15

70-90

USDA Zone 10

Sunset Garden Zone 13

First Frost - Dec 14

Last Frost - Feb 19