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🌿 Sow bush beans in Bed A where the lettuce was🧺 Carrot harvest begins (Bed A)🔄 Pull bolted lettuce/spinach; sow bush beans in their place
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🧤 Sling watermelon fruit in old t-shirts tied to the pallet🧺 Zucchini harvest (Bed B) — check DAILY, pick at 6–8"
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🌿 Direct-sow pole beans (Kentucky Wonder / Rattlesnake) at Pallet 1🌿 Bush bean succession #2 in Bed B🔄 Pull spent peas from Pallet 1, compost vines, re-mulch🔄 Pull spring broccoli from Bed B; sow bush beans
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🧤 Pest patrol week: Japanese beetles, squash vine borer, hornworm scouting starts
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🧺 Cucumber harvest begins (Pallet 2) — check DAILY
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🧺 Pepper harvest begins (Bed A)🧺 Garlic harvest (Bed B) — when lower 3–4 leaves are brown
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📝 plan · 🛒 buy · 🧱 prep · 🌱 start indoors · 🌿 plant · 🧤 care · 🧺 harvest · 🔄 reset
Weekend work sessions this month (these are the calendar invites)
Sat Jun 6 9–11 AM — 5 tasks: 🌿 Sow bush beans in Bed A where the lettuce was; 🧺 Carrot harvest begins (Bed A); 🔄 Pull bolted lettuce/spinach; sow bush beans in their place; 🧤 Sling watermelon fruit in old t-shirts tied to the pallet; 🧺 Zucchini harvest (Bed B) — check DAILY, pick at 6–8"
Sat Jun 13 9–11 AM — 4 tasks: 🌿 Direct-sow pole beans (Kentucky Wonder / Rattlesnake) at Pallet 1; 🌿 Bush bean succession #2 in Bed B; 🔄 Pull spent peas from Pallet 1, compost vines, re-mulch; 🔄 Pull spring broccoli from Bed B; sow bush beans
Sat Jun 20 9–11 AM — 2 tasks: 🧤 Pest patrol week: Japanese beetles, squash vine borer, hornworm scouting starts; 🧺 Cucumber harvest begins (Pallet 2) — check DAILY
Sat Jun 27 9–11 AM — 2 tasks: 🧺 Pepper harvest begins (Bed A); 🧺 Garlic harvest (Bed B) — when lower 3–4 leaves are brown
🌿Sow bush beans in Bed A where the lettuce wasPlant · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Bush beans (summer)
1" deep, 4" apart, 8 sq ft. 55 days to beans.
06-01
🧺Carrot harvest begins (Bed A)Harvest · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Radishes & carrots (spring)
Pull when shoulders show ½" across. Loosen with a fork first.
06-01
🔄Pull bolted lettuce/spinach; sow bush beans in their placeReset · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Lettuce & spinach (spring)
Once it tastes bitter, it's done. Beans love the freed-up space.
06-01
🧤Sling watermelon fruit in old t-shirts tied to the palletCare · Pallet 2 — Cucumbers & melon · Sugar Baby watermelon
Once fruit is baseball size. Limit to 2–3 melons per plant for sweetness.
06-06
🧺Zucchini harvest (Bed B) — check DAILY, pick at 6–8"Harvest · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Zucchini
Hand-pollinate with a paintbrush in the morning if fruit shrivels.
06-06
🌿Direct-sow pole beans (Kentucky Wonder / Rattlesnake) at Pallet 1Plant · Pallet 1 — Peas → Pole beans · Pole beans (summer)
1" deep, 4" apart along the pallet base. 2 seeds per spot, thin to strongest.
06-11
🌿Bush bean succession #2 in Bed BPlant · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Bush beans (Bed B summer)
Keeps beans coming through August.
06-11
🔄Pull spent peas from Pallet 1, compost vines, re-mulchReset · Pallet 1 — Peas → Pole beans · Snap peas (spring)
Cut at soil line (roots feed the soil). Pole beans go in the same spot the same day.
06-11
🔄Pull spring broccoli from Bed B; sow bush beansReset · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Broccoli (spring)
Heat ends it. Beans go in the same day.
06-11
🧤Pest patrol week: Japanese beetles, squash vine borer, hornworm scouting startsCare · Whole garden · Garden
5 minutes every evening with a cup of soapy water. Kids' job with a bounty.
06-15
🧺Cucumber harvest begins (Pallet 2) — check DAILYHarvest · Pallet 2 — Cucumbers & melon · Cucumbers
Pick at 6–8" (slicers) / 3–4" (pickling). One hidden baseball-size cuke shuts the plant down.
06-16
🧺Pepper harvest begins (Bed A)Harvest · Bed A — Salad & Sauce bed · Peppers
Cut, don't pull. Bells sweeten if left to color — but the plant makes more if you pick green.
06-26
🧺Garlic harvest (Bed B) — when lower 3–4 leaves are brownHarvest · Bed B — Kitchen bed · Garlic
Late June. Dig, don't pull. Cure 3 weeks in the barn shade with airflow. Save the biggest heads for October replanting.
06-26