All the dates in this site have been adjusted for the area you live in, .
Use our free vegetable planner which is based on the weather in your area.
You can select only the
vegetables YOU are growing. It itemizes all planting, sowing and care dates in a week by week list
so nothing is forgotten. Click here
to use your free online
calendar.
We use five date zones for gardeners, your town is in zone . As an example of how the date changing works, test it out on the phrase below which corresponds to your current selection:
Start sprouting seed potatoes during the third week of February in the area.
Now examine the towns below, each of which is in a different zone, and you will see that the date for sprouting potatoes is different dependent on which zone the town is in.
St Austell, UK - zone 1 - the third week of January
Springfield, Illinois - zone 2 - the first week of February
Westmont, Illinois - zone 3 - the third week of February
Toulon, Illinois - zone 4 - the first week of March
Alpena, Michigan - zone 5 - the second week of March
Your selected town is stored in a cookie so that when you next visit GardenFocused your town is automatically used again and again to show all planting, harvesting, sowing and care dates.