Spring Planting Suggestions

Although it hasn't felt much like winter recently, we're now getting into prime planting season. Here are suggestions for what to plant for the next two months:

March

Artichoke, roots

Asparagus, roots

Fava beans (seeds)

Scarlet runner beans (seeds)

Beets (seed, transplants)

Broccoli (transplants)

Cabbage (transplants)

Carrot (seeds)

Cauliflower (transplants)

Collards (seeds)

Kale (transplants)

Kohlrabi (transplants)

Leek (seed, transplants)

Lettuce (seed, transplants)

Mustard (seeds)

Onion (seed, transplants)

Parsnip (seeds in mid-March)

Pea (seeds)

Potato (tubers)

Radish (seeds)

Spinach (seed, transplants)

Squash, summer (seeds in mid-March)

Swiss Chard (seed, transplants)

Turnip (seeds)

April

Fava beans (seeds)

Scarlet runner beans (seeds)

Beets (seed, transplants)

Broccoli (transplants)

Cabbage (transplants)

Carrot (seeds)

Cauliflower (transplants)

Collards (seeds)

Kale (transplants)

Kohlrabi (transplants)

Leek (seed, transplants)

Lettuce (seed, transplants)

Mustard (seeds)

Onion (seed, transplants)

Parsnip (seeds)

Pea (seeds)

Potato (tubers)

Radish (seeds)

Spinach (seed, transplants only first two weeks)

Squash, summer (seeds)

Squash, winter (seeds in mid-April)

Swiss Chard (seed, transplants)

Tomato (transplants)

Turnip (seeds)

Places to look for seeds and transplants:

Rainbow Grocery, Sloat Garden Centers, Green Jeans in Mill Valley, Three Bees on Clement, Bay Area Farmer's Markets, The Seed Bank in Petaluma

On-line

Peaceful Valley, Bountiful Gardens, Baker Creek Seeds

·         Saturday & Sunday, 4/21-4/22

·         10am-3pm

·         Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden

·         1800 Ignacio Blvd., Novato

·         Map

Join us at the Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden located at College of Marin’s beautiful Indian Valley Campus in Novato for our Spring organic plant and produce sale. The following mini-workshops will be held during the plant sale: Planting the Main Season Garden taught by Farm Coordinator Amy Ridout on April 20 and Flowers, Fruits, Herbs: Enjoying the Beauty and Bounty of the Main Season Garden taught by Wendy Johnson on April 21.


Spring Garden Market Saturday, April 13, 2013, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Our biggest plant sale is held in early spring at History San Jose in Kelly Park, San Jose.  Plant sales start at 9 a.m. and the vendor fair and seminars take place through the afternoon.
We offer hard-to-find heirloom tomato varieties and many different types of chiles and peppers that we start from seed in January – along with other interesting vegetable, herb and ornamental plants – tens of thousands of plants all told. Dozens of vendors offer more plants for sale along with gardening supplies of all sort, and throughout the day you can attend talks on growing vegetables, preparing soils, waterwise plants, and more.  Master Gardeners at our Q&A table are on hand all day to answer any of your gardening questions.

Title: Spring Plant Sale
Location: Corner of Bay & High Streets, base of the UCSC campus, Santa Cruz
Description: The biggest and best collection of organically grown flower, herb and vegetable starts, perennials, grasses, and other landscape plants available in the region. Friends of the Farm & Garden receive 10% discount on plant purchases. For more information, contact 831.459-3240 or casfs@ucsc.edu.
http://casfs.ucsc.edu/community-outreach/calendar-of-events
Start Time: 10:00
Date: May 4 and 5 2013
End Time: 2:00