Vegetable planting calendar

Cool-season crops go in before the last frost and again for fall; warm-season crops go in after it, once soil warms. Every ZIP page turns these rules into dates from its own frost odds.
Cool-season crops
ArugulaHardy to frostPhoto: Peter Burka, CC BY-SA 2.0 Asparagus (crowns)Hardy to frostPhoto: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 BeetSemi to frostPhoto: W.carter, CC BY-SA 4.0 Bok choy / Asian greensSemi to frostPhoto: JS and new VpuipV, CC BY-SA 3.0 BroccoliHardy to frostPhoto: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0 Brussels sproutsHardy to frostPhoto: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 CabbageHardy to frostPhoto: Balajijagadesh, CC BY-SA 3.0 CarrotSemi to frostPhoto: Dorcas Atule, CC BY-SA 4.0 CauliflowerSemi to frostPhoto: Harikrishnan Tulsidas, CC BY 2.0 CelerySemi to frostPhoto: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 CilantroSemi to frostPhoto: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 CollardsHardy to frostPhoto: Jakec, CC BY-SA 3.0 DillSemi to frostPhoto: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 GarlicHardy to frostPhoto: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 Green onion / scallionHardy to frostPhoto: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us KaleHardy to frostPhoto: Dwight Sipler from Stow, M…, CC BY 2.0 KohlrabiHardy to frostPhoto: Unknown, CC0 LeekHardy to frostPhoto: Lucyin, CC BY-SA 4.0 LettuceSemi to frostPhoto: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mustard greensHardy to frostPhoto: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us Onion (bulbing)Hardy to frostPhoto: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 ParsleyHardy to frostPhoto: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0 ParsnipHardy to frostPhoto: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0 Pea (garden, snap, snow)Hardy to frostPhoto: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0 PotatoSemi to frostPhoto: Onisp, CC BY-SA 4.0 RadishHardy to frostPhoto: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0 Rhubarb (crowns)Hardy to frostPhoto: Voltteri, CC BY-SA 4.0 ShallotHardy to frostPhoto: 无情介壳虫, CC BY-SA 4.0 SpinachHardy to frostPhoto: Алексей Тараканов, CC BY-SA 2.0 Strawberry (plants)Hardy to frostPhoto: Kolforn ( Kolforn ) I'd ap…, CC BY-SA 4.0 Swiss chardSemi to frostPhoto: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 TurnipHardy to frostPhoto: Fructibus, CC0
Warm-season crops
BasilTender to frostPhoto: PumpkinSky, CC BY-SA 4.0 Bean, bush (snap)Tender to frost Bean, poleTender to frost Cantaloupe / muskmelonTender to frostPhoto: USDA photo by Scott Bauer.…, Public domain CucumberTender to frostPhoto: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0 EggplantTender to frostPhoto: Mark from san diego, usa, CC BY 2.0 Lima beanTender to frostPhoto: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0 OkraTender to frostPhoto: Ramesh Kunnappully, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pepper (sweet and hot)Tender to frostPhoto: PierreSelim, CC BY 3.0 PumpkinTender to frostPhoto: Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0 Southern pea (cowpea, black-eyed pea)Tender to frostPhoto: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0 Summer squash / zucchiniTender to frostPhoto: nociveglia from Appennino…, CC BY 2.0 SunflowerTender to frostPhoto: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0 Sweet cornTender to frostPhoto: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us Sweet potatoTender to frostPhoto: Bubai Bera, CC BY-SA 4.0 TomatilloTender to frostPhoto: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0 TomatoTender to frostPhoto: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0 WatermelonTender to frostPhoto: فارس البلغم, CC BY-SA 3.0 Winter squashTender to frostPhoto: George Chernilevsky, Public domain
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