What's on the sheet
- ✅ 20 common crops: tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, peas, beans, squash, herbs, and more
- ✅ Four bars per crop: start seeds indoors, transplant, direct sow, and harvest
- ✅ Real dates for your zone: every bar is counted from your zone's typical last frost, with the week-by-week dates printed across the top
- ✅ Zone notes: short-season tips for cold zones, fall-planting tips for hot ones
Frost dates are averages, and yours can be a few weeks earlier or later than your zone's. Look up your ZIP code's last frost date (for example at almanac.com/gardening/frostdates) or ask your county extension office, then shift the chart to match. Not sure of your zone? Check the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.