April
1: Transplant onions and leeks into garden. Cover with a row cover. Transplant early tomatoes into 5 gallon containers. Start 3 eggplant (Black Beauty) and 8 lettuce (Winter Density) indoors, under lights. Transplant lettuce from 3/1. Start hardening off potatoes.
7: Start 4 main crop tomatoes (Cherokee Purple? Brandywine? Beefsteak? I haven’t decided which varieties yet!) indoors, under lights. Direct seed 2 square feet of radishes (Easter Basket Mix).
15: Transplant potatoes. Start 8 lettuce (Prizehead) indoors, under lights. Transplant lettuce from 3/15.
20: Start hardening off peppers.
May
1: Transplant peppers to containers. Start 8 lettuce (Prizehead) indoors, under lights. Transplant lettuce from 4/1.
7: Plant Block #1 of corn (Sweetness).
15: Direct sow zucchini (Zucchino Rampicante) and cucumbers (Homemade Pickles) along fence. Start 8 lettuce (Prizehead) indoors, under lights. Transplant lettuce from 4/15. Start hardening off sweet potatoes, main crop tomatoes and eggplant.
21: Plant Block #2 of corn (Sweetness).
June
1: Transplant sweet potatoes and main crop tomatoes. Start 2 more quick-growing tomatoes indoors, under lights. Transplant eggplants to 25 gallon containers after broad beans are harvested. Direct seed pole beans (Stringless Blue Lake S-7) and winter squash (Musquee de Maroc). Transplant lettuce from 5/1.
4: Plant Block #3 of corn (Sweetness).
15: Transplant lettuce from 5/15.