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growing calendar

August 7th is a great day to spray down your plants with

The second half of August is a great time to

Many flower bulbs and tubers can be planted in the second half of August

  • Squills (Scilla)

  • Flowering alliums (Allium)

  • Crocuses (Crocus)

  • Spring snowflakes (leucojum vernum)

  • Puschinkinias (puschkinia)

  • Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa)

  • Bulb irises (iris danfordiae, I. reticulata, I. histrioide, I. bucharica)

What’s in season?

  • Arugula

  • Basil (Thai, lemon, Genovese)

  • Asian long beans

  • Golden and red beets

  • Bok choy

  • Carrots

  • Chard

  • Chicory

  • Cucumber (Armenian, pickling)

  • Eggplants

  • Figs

  • Garlic

  • Lemongrass

  • Lettuce

  • Malabar spinach

  • Melon (watermelon, cantaloupe, Korean, honeydew)

  • Okra

  • Onions (yellow, white, red)

  • Peaches

  • Peas

  • Peppers (sweet, bell, jalapeno, banana)

  • Potatoes (Yukon, red, sweet)

  • Prickly pear

  • Squash (blossoms, butternut, acorn, spaghetti, delicata, yellow, zucchini)

  • Sweet potato greens

  • Tomatillos

  • Tomato (Juliet, chocolate, golden cherry, heirloom)

  • Turnip greens

  • Watermelon radishes