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Your Garden Planting Guide
- Spring, summer, year 'round, let Union Tools help you know what to do and when to do it.
- Getting ready to plant a garden? Take a look at our sample garden to see a colorful map of what goes where.
- If you want to know the estimated "last killing frost" for your region, take a look at our frost guide.
- After all the garden work is complete, see our after the harvest chart for a guide of eating, cooking, canning and freezing your delicious garden delights.
Start in the Spring
| Check over all tools to make sure they are sharp and in good working order. Start removing mulches gradually as weather becomes milder. Clean up lawn of winter debris. Certain types of trees and shrubs can be transplanted. Transplant perennials and set out pansy beds after frost danger is past. Prepare beds for annuals and vegetables but don't sow until ground has warmed up. |
Summer Time
| Complete the planting of garden and annuals. Fertilize all flower beds. Keep old blossoms removed from perennials. Plant gladiolus. Fertilize roses and the garden. protect from insects and fungus. Weed and cultivate regularly to keep weeds down. Water lawns and garden well to protect them from hot weather. Remove weeds to keep them from going to seed. |
Year 'Round
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Store tools so that they are easy to get to, yet out of reach of small children. Pegboard and hooks in a garage can be convenient. Place tools in their storage location immediately after use. Clean off dirt on tools.
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Planting Map
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Sweet corn - midseason - 7 hills 2- Sweet Corn - 2nd early - 7 hills 3- Sweet corn - 1st early - 7 hills 4- Tomatoes - 7 poles 5- Peppers (sweet) and Eggplants 6- Mustard - early 7- Garden Cress 8- Hybrid Summer Squash - 5 hills 9- Spinach - early, Spinach - early 10-Beans - Lima or Green Soy 11-Beans Bush followed by late Lettuce 12-Beans Bush - 2 rows followed by Cauliflower 13-Peas - late followed by Cabbages |
14-Peas
- midseason followed by Cabbages |
Frost Guide
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Killing frost by Feb. 28
Last Killing frost by Mar. 30
Last Killing frost by April 30 Last
Killing frost in May |
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| Frost danger varies at higher elevations. For more information about your local gardening weather visit www.weather.com/gardening | |||
After the Harvest You Can:
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| Squash |
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