Enjoy fresh produce from spring through fall with our raised-bed planting plans and checklists.
Plant for a Spring Harvest
Helen Smythe
Start in early spring to grow your own produce.
Check to find out your area’s previous season’slast spring frost date.
Credit: Marty Baldwin
You may leave part of the garden unplanted so it’s ready for warm-weather vegetables later.
Early Spring:Plant four weeks before the last frost date.
Herbs grow well now, too.
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Late Spring: Plant these vegetables in late spring, two weeks after the last frost date.
Be sure they don’t shade other plants.
8 bushgreen beans
B.
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Do continue harvesting tomatoes, peppers, and beans.
1 sweet pepper
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Credit:Helen Smythe
