Zone 8b — Two 5′×32′ beds (A1–A4 & B1–B4) One 5′×8′ Warm weather LEGUME bed & One 5′×8′ ALLIUM bed – inside the 5’x32′ beds
🌿 JANUARY
Allium bed:
- Garlic + overwintering onions growing slowly
Main beds:
- Harvest kale, spinach, chard, Brussels sprouts
- Greenhouse lettuce continues
- Beds resting
🌿 FEBRUARY
Legume bed:
- 4 squares peas
- 36 squares favas
Main beds:
- Favas in A1–A4 + B1 + B3 + B4
- Start cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, onions, lettuce, spinach indoors
Allium bed:
- Garlic + overwintering onions continue growing
🌿 MARCH
Legume bed:
- Peas climbing
- Favas growing
Main beds:
- Start tomatoes
- Harden off brassicas
- Start lettuce/spinach in trays
- Carrots/beets/turnips wait for fava sections to open
Allium bed:
- Steady growth
🌿 APRIL
Legume bed:
- Favas flowering
- Peas producing
Main beds:
- Brassicas still waiting
- Potatoes waiting
- Greens in trays
Allium bed:
- Garlic begins to size up
- Onions thicken
🌿 MAY
Legume bed:
- Harvest peas
- Harvest favas
- Entire 5′×8′ legume bed becomes empty
Main beds:
- Tomatoes → B4
- Potatoes → B1
- Kale/chard → A2
- Cabbage → A3
- Broccoli → A4
- Brussels sprouts → A3 or A4
- Direct sow carrots, beets, turnips
- Lettuce/spinach → A1
Allium bed:
- Garlic + overwintering onions still growing
🌿 JUNE
Legume bed:
- Plant bush dry beans (full 40 sq ft)
- 160 plants at 6″ spacing
Main beds:
- Tomatoes, potatoes, brassicas growing
- Greens succession continues
Allium bed:
- Harvest overwintering onions
- Garlic still maturing
🌿 JULY
Legume bed:
- Bush beans forming pods
Main beds:
- Sow fall broccoli, cabbage, kale, carrots, beets, turnips
- Tomatoes ripen
- Early potatoes harvestable
Allium bed:
- Harvest garlic
- Bed becomes empty
- Bed rests until fall
Brussels sprouts:
- Summer growth
🌿 AUGUST
Legume bed:
- Bush beans drying
- Begin harvest
Main beds:
- Transplant fall brassicas
- Sow fall greens
- Harvest tomatoes & potatoes
Allium bed:
- Empty, waiting for fall planting
Brussels sprouts:
- Sprouts begin forming
🌿 SEPTEMBER
⭐ Add 1″ compost to ALL beds
Legume bed:
- Finish bush bean harvest
- Bed rests after compost
Allium bed:
- Plant garlic + overwintering onions (full 40 sq ft)
Main beds:
- Sow spinach & lettuce
- Beds settle in
Brussels sprouts:
- Swelling
🌿 OCTOBER
Legume bed:
- Resting
Allium bed:
- Garlic + onions growing slowly
- Mulch lightly if needed
Main beds:
- Garlic planting window continues
- Beds settle in
Brussels sprouts:
- Main harvest begins
🌿 NOVEMBER
Legume bed:
- Resting
Allium bed:
- Alliums overwintering
Main beds:
- Harvest fall roots
- Harvest cabbage, broccoli
- Harvest Brussels sprouts
- Greens continue in greenhouse
🌿 DECEMBER
Legume bed:
- Resting
I had to go over this several times to get it right. I may find I have to change some things as I go along, but for now, I think this is correct.
