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Isn't this time of year great? I've been spread out with my seed catalogs, laptop, and garden notebook complete with post-its and highlighters for two days. I think I enjoy the prepping and planning season as much, if not more than, the actual growing season.
I haven't touched my seeds yet! I'm excited for that also bc DH and I bought this indoor nursery rack thing. It has four shelves and grow lights for each level. I'm just not sure when to start them. We have tomatoes in our basement right now.
You have tomatoes in the basement that are producing?
Would love to hear about your setup. Dang! You're committed.
When to start them depends on what you're growing. Leeks and onions 8-12 weeks before last frost (and they can be set out up to a month before last frost) or just go with starts; eggplants 8-10 weeks; tomatoes and peppers 6-8; melons 3-4 weeks; broccoli, cauliflower, et. al 2-4 weeks prior to late frost... hmmm, I'm probably missing some here but that's a start.
And then you just have your direct seeding. Cold weather crops such as carrots, greens, beets, peas, radishes, etc. can stand to be planted before the last frost by up to a few weeks. And if you use row covers, low tunnels, soil-warming mulch, raised beds, etc you can go even earlier. Your warm-weather crops -- summer and winter squashes, cukes, bush and pole beans, etc. -- can be direct seeded after last frost, once the soil has warmed.
My estimated last frost here is May 15 -- of course Mother Nature can throw anything our way, but that's the approximate -- you can google last frost dates for the state of Michigan and find one for the town closest to you keeping in mind elevation can make a difference if there is a large variance between you and that town.
Isn't this time of year great? I've been spread out with my seed catalogs, laptop, and garden notebook complete with post-its and highlighters for two days. I think I enjoy the prepping and planning season as much, if not more than, the actual growing season.
