Garden Calendar

These long hot days are causing our America Spinach to bolt (flower) early; Meaning we need to pull the whole plant so not to let her leaves become bitter. Given they have started to bolt; we may only have the America Spinach for another week or two. No worry as the Red Malabar Spinach should be ready to harvest mid-July and then came fall, we will have our second crop of America Spinach.

As for greens, we will have plenty of Swiss chards all summer long. So send me your Swiss Chard recipes (with a picture) and I will get it posted. Putting this chart out here for your reference. Note picture from this morning. The beets will soon be ready :)

Category	Est. First Harvest Date
America Spinach	5/23
Five Color Silverbeet Swiss Chard	5/23
Gold Rush Lettuce	5/23
Gulley’s Favorite Preservation Gardens Lettuce	5/23
Seed Savers Lettuce Mixture	5/23
Detroit Dark Red Beets	6/16
A & C Pickling Cucumbers	6/20
Black Beauty Zucchini	6/30
Danvers Carrots	7/8
Grandpa Admire’s Lettuce	7/11
Sunflower	7/11
Dragon Carrots	7/22
Kale	7/25
Red Malabar Spinach	7/26
Yukon Gold Potatoes-Batch 1	7/29
Buran Red Peppers	7/31
German Pink Tomatoes	7/31
Italian Heirloom Tomatoes	7/31
Jalapeno Peppers	7/31
John Baer Tomato	7/31
Martino’s Roma Tomato	7/31
Maule’s Red Peppers	7/31
Redfield Beauty Tomatoes	7/31
Riesentraube Cherry Tomatoes	7/31
Rosso Sicilian Tomatoes	7/31
Yellow of Parma Onions	7/31
Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage	8/2
De Cicco Broccoli	8/5
Yukon Gold Potatoes-Batch 2	8/19
Spaghetti Squash (Burbe, not Seed Savers)	8/22
Amish Melons	8/24
Blue Solaise Leeks	8/24
Christmas Lima Beans	8/25
Hidatsa Red Beans	8/25
Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts	8/25
Rattlesnake Snap Beans	8/25
True Red Cranberry Beans	8/25
Moon and Stars Cherokee Watermelons	8/27
Table Queen Squash	8/29
Cheyenne Bush Pumpkins	9/8
Sweet Potatoe  (Burbe, not Seed Savers)	9/8