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2011 Vegetable Garden Calendar - My Planting & Harvest Dates in Zone 8The Vegetable Garden Calendar is a great way to keep up with planting dates, rainfall, harvest or just about any other information you'd like to record. This is my record for the 2012 garden, planting Zone 8. Note: All dates are approximate and on my schedule. LSU Ag Center Vegetable Planting Guide | 2010 Garden Calendar | 2011 Garden Calendar |
January 2012 |
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Time To Transplant Onions plants Cabbage plants |
Time To Plant Seed directly into Greens |
Time To Start Broccoli |
Time To Plant English Peas |
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Time To Plant Carrots |
Time To Plant Beets |
Time To Plant Radish Lots of Rain |
Time To Plant Irish Potatoes |
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Received Pat's Easy Change Hitch for the tractor |
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February 2012 |
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wednesday |
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saturday |
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Time To Start Tomato Seeds Rain |
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March 2012 |
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monday |
tuesday |
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thursday |
friday |
saturday |
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Time To Plant Snap, Lima and |
Time To Plant Sweet Corn |
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Average Last Frost Date Zone 8 |
Time To Plant Cantaloupe |
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Time To Start Cucuzza Squash |
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April 2012 |
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tuesday |
wednesday |
thursday |
friday |
saturday |
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Time To Transplant Tomatoes |
Time To Plant Okra |
Time To Plant Purple Hull Peas |
Time To Plant Cucumber |
Time to Transplant Eggplant |
Time To Plant Pumpkin |
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May 2012 |
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monday |
tuesday |
wednesday |
thursday |
friday |
saturday |
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2 |
3 |
5 |
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Time to Plant First Rows of Sunflowers |
Time to Start Fall Tomatoes |
Time to Plant Cucuzza Squash |
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Time to Plant Sunflowers |
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June 2012 |
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monday |
tuesday |
wednesday |
thursday |
friday |
saturday |
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Time to Plant Sunflowers |
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Time to Plant Sunflowers |
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Julyl 2012 |
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monday |
tuesday |
wednesday |
thursday |
friday |
saturday |
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Time to Plant Sunflowers
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Time To Plant Shallots |
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Time To Plant Pumpkins |
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Time to Plant Sunflowers |
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August 2012 |
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sunday |
monday |
tuesday |
wednesday |
thursday |
friday |
saturday |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Time to Plant Sunflowers
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Time To Plant Seed directly into Turnip |
Time To Plant Lima & Butter beans |
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Time To Plant Fall Snap Beans |
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Time To Plant Irish Potatoes |
Time to Plant Sunflowers |
Time To Plant Seed directly into Cabbage |
Time To Plant Seed directly into Cauliflower |
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31 |
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Time To Plant Seed directly into Broccoli |
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