Summer Season Zone 7b
Garden Calendar
Plan your homestead activities month by month. Zone-specific tasks from seed starting to harvest.
6
June
Peak ProductionHarvesting beginsSuccession plantingPest management
10
Tasks this month
Garden
5 tasks
Succession plant beans every 2 weeks
Continuous harvest
Pick summer squash/zucchini daily
Don't let get huge
Plant sweet potato slips
After soil very warm
Sow fall brassicas indoors
For fall transplant
Harvest garlic when tops fall
Cure for storage
Livestock
1 task
Ensure shade and cool water
Heat stress prevention
Infrastructure
3 tasks
Side dress heavy feeders
Tomatoes/squash/corn
Water deeply 1-2x per week
Establish deep roots
Watch for squash vine borer
Cover stems or inject BT
Preservation
1 task
Freeze/can first harvests
Peas/strawberries
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