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Family Garden Project - Vegetable Planting & Harvesting Guide

"Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables.  They probably get jet-lagged, just like people." 

Elizabeth Berry

Average last and first frost dates in our area are April 29 and October 13

Early
spring
May
    

History from Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Days
to 
germ.
Seed to harvest
   * Beans Fava      
 120
   * Beans, Lima      7-10 90-130
   * Beets    History  3-14 45-60
 *   Broccoli    History  3-10 70-120
 *   Brussel
Sprout		      3-10 90-120
 *  * Carrots   History  10-14 65-90
 *  * Collards      5-10  
   * Corn - popping   History  6-10 60-100
   * Cucumber   History  5-10 50-75
 *  * Endive   History  10-14  
   * Garlic        
   * Green & Soy Beans   History  6-14 70-90
 *  * Kale   History  5-10  55-60
*  * Kohl Rabi   History  7-21 50-70
 *  * Lettuce   History  7-21 40-70
    Lima Beans       120
 *  * Mustard   History  5-10 40-70
   * Okra   History  4-14 50-70
   * Onion - seeds   History   90-120
 *  * Onion - Sets   History  10-14  
   * Parsnips   History  6-28 95-110
 *  * Peas   History  5-8 60-75
   * Peppers   History  5-10 75-85
   * Potato,
red/white  Io		 History    
   * Pumpkin   History  4-7 90-120
 *  * Radish   History  3-10 20-75
   * Rutabaga   History  3-10 90-120
   * Soybeans   History  6-14  
 *  * Spinach   History
Trivia		  7-21 45-60
   * Squash, Winter   History  7-14 90-125
 *  * Swiss Chard   History  7-14 45-60
    Sweet
Potato		   History   October
Tomatillo   7-14
   * Tomatoes
seeds     indoors		   History  7-14 70-100
   * Turnips   History  3-7 45-90
   * Zucchini & other summer squash   History  7-14 55-70

Companion Planting
The University of Illinois is an excellent source for growing vegetables in our zone. 

Cole Crops
Insects and the garden plants they favor
Reference of how long from planting to produce

Perennial Vegetables

Asparagus

Jerusalem artichokes
Rhubarb
Radicchio
Salad Burnet
Broccoli Nine Star 
Potato onions, Shallots, Egyptian onions,
Vegetables you can harvest after frost
These vegetables are ideal to plant in late summer and harvest after the first hard fall frost:
      · Cole:  Kale, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts
      · Greens:  Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Spinach
      · Root:  Beets, Turnips, Carrots, Radish
      · Legume:  Peas

Plant a rainbow of carrots

 
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."  Robert Louis Stevenson
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