EVERYWHERE

Sow: Marigolds and sunflowers; also green onions, melons/watermelons, squashes/pumpkins/gourds (except in the low desert); corn (except in the deserts).

Plant: Green garlic, perennial herbs; also all peppers (except in the deserts).

Harvest: Asian greens, beets, chard, collards/kale, perennial herbs, leeks, mustard greens, green onions, shallot greens. Also broccoli, carrots, radishes, salad greens, violas (except in the low desert).

COASTAL CLIMATES

Sow: Asian greens, all beans but favas, beets, celeriac/leaf celery, chard, cucumbers, annual herbs, New Zealand spinach, green onions, peas for shoots, radishes, salad greens.

Plant: Tomatillos, tomatoes.

Harvest: Asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, green garlic, all peas, potatoes, spinach, strawberries.

LOW DESERT

Sow: Okra.

Plant: Sweet potato slips.

Harvest: Common/cowpeas/horticultural beans, cucumbers, eggplant, melons/watermelons, okra, all peppers, potatoes, summer squash, strawberries, sunflowers, tomatillos, tomatoes.

HIGH DESERT

Sow: Cucumbers, okra.

Harvest: All low desert except tomatillos, tomatoes plus Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac/leaf celery, corn, all peas, spinach, turnips.

INTERIOR CLIMATES

(Where fuchsias won’t grow)

Sow: Cowpeas, lima beans, mizuna.

Plant: Tomatillos, tomatoes.

Harvest: Asparagus, common peas, cowpeas, cabbage, leaf celery, corn, onions, potatoes.

(Where fuchsias grow fairly well)

Sow: Beets, carrots, green onions, salad greens, all beans but favas.

Plant: Tomatillos, tomatoes.

Harvest: All of non-fuchsia interior except leaf celery, plus cauliflower, all peas, salsify/scorzonera, spinach.

HIGH MOUNTAINS (6,000 feet or higher)

Sow for transplanting: Annual herbs, broccoli, leaf celery, cucumbers, okra, onion family.

Sow under cover: Asian greens, all beans but favas, beets, cabbage, carrots, chard, New Zealand spinach, nasturtiums, all peas, radishes, salad greens, salsify/scorzonera, spinach, turnips.

Plant under cover: Potatoes, tomatillos/tomatoes.

Harvest: Turnips.

LOW MOUNTAINS (under 6,000 feet)

Sow: All of high mountains except broccoli and peas, plus peanuts.

Plant under cover: All of high mountains plus cucumbers, eggplants, okra, sweet potato slips.

Harvest: Turnips.

KEY

Asian greens: Non-heading Chinese cabbage, Chinese kale, garland chrysanthemum, komatsuna (mustard spinach), mizuna, pak choi , rosette pak choi.

When seeds can be sown, seedlings of the same crop can be planted. All crops can be grown in containers.