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🛒 Buy transplants at the co-op: tomatoes, peppers, basil, marigolds (if not seed-started)
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🌿 Lettuce succession sow #3 (Bed A)🧤 Harden off tomato + pepper seedlings (7 days outside, more each day)
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🧺 Radish harvest (Bed A) — pull at ping-pong size
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🧤 Thin carrots to 2" apart (Bed A)🧺 Salad greens harvest begins (Bed A) — cut-and-come-again
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🌿 Transplant 3 tomatoes into Bed A north row; cage same day🌿 Sow ONE zucchini hill in Bed B south end
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🌿 Direct-sow cucumbers along Pallet 2 (Marketmore / pickling)🌿 Transplant 4 peppers into Bed A row 3🌿 Plant basil + marigolds between tomatoes and peppers
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📝 plan · 🛒 buy · 🧱 prep · 🌱 start indoors · 🌿 plant · 🧤 care · 🧺 harvest · 🔄 reset
Weekend work sessions this month (these are the calendar invites)
Sat Apr 4 9–11 AM — 1 task: 🛒 Buy transplants at the co-op: tomatoes, peppers, basil, marigolds (if not seed-started)
Sat Apr 11 9–11 AM — 3 tasks: 🌿 Lettuce succession sow #3 (Bed A); 🧤 Harden off tomato + pepper seedlings (7 days outside, more each day); 🧺 Radish harvest (Bed A) — pull at ping-pong size
Sat Apr 18 9–11 AM — 2 tasks: 🧤 Thin carrots to 2" apart (Bed A); 🧺 Salad greens harvest begins (Bed A) — cut-and-come-again
Sat Apr 25 9–11 AM — 2 tasks: 🌿 Transplant 3 tomatoes into Bed A north row; cage same day; 🌿 Sow ONE zucchini hill in Bed B south end
Sat May 2 9–11 AM — 3 tasks: 🌿 Direct-sow cucumbers along Pallet 2 (Marketmore / pickling); 🌿 Transplant 4 peppers into Bed A row 3; 🌿 Plant basil + marigolds between tomatoes and peppers
🛒Buy transplants at the co-op: tomatoes, peppers, basil, marigolds (if not seed-started)Buy · Whole garden · Garden
Look for stocky, dark-green plants, no flowers yet.
04-01
🌿Lettuce succession sow #3 (Bed A)Plant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Lettuce & spinach (spring)
Last spring round — it bolts once nights stay above 70°F.
04-05
🧤Harden off tomato + pepper seedlings (7 days outside, more each day)Care · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Tomatoes
Start with 2 h of shade, work up to full sun.
04-05
🧺Radish harvest (Bed A) — pull at ping-pong sizeHarvest · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Radishes & carrots (spring)
3–4 weeks from sowing. Leave the carrots.
04-10
🧤Thin carrots to 2" apart (Bed A)Care · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Radishes & carrots (spring)
Snip, don't pull — pulling disturbs the neighbours. Thinnings go in salad.
04-17
🧺Salad greens harvest begins (Bed A) — cut-and-come-againHarvest · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Lettuce & spinach (spring)
Cut outer leaves 1" above the crown, it regrows 3–4 times.
04-17
🌿Transplant 3 tomatoes into Bed A north row; cage same dayPlant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Tomatoes
Bury 2/3 of the stem. 2 sq ft each. Handful of bone meal + compost in the hole.
04-22
🌿Sow ONE zucchini hill in Bed B south endPlant · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Zucchini
One plant feeds the family + neighbours. 3 seeds, thin to 1. 8 sq ft — it gets huge.
04-22
🌿Direct-sow cucumbers along Pallet 2 (Marketmore / pickling)Plant · Pallet 2 — Cucumbers & melon · Cucumbers
Soil must be 65°F+. 1" deep, 6 seeds spaced along the base, thin to 3 plants.
04-26
🌿Transplant 4 peppers into Bed A row 3Plant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Peppers
Wait for nights above 55°F. 1 sq ft each. Pinch first flowers for a bushier plant.
04-26
🌿Plant basil + marigolds between tomatoes and peppersPlant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Basil & marigolds
Marigolds deter nematodes/beetles; basil is the companion. 6 basil, 2 marigold.
04-26