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Garden blog: months, sheets and guides

Updated 4 November 2026 · By the Orto editorial team

Here are the month-by-month calendar, the sheets on when to plant each vegetable, and the guides to garden jobs. Open a section, then the page you need.

Planting calendar

Each month, what to sow and plant for north, centre and south. How to read the dates is in the calendar guide.

What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in January?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in February?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in March?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in April?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in May?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in June?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in July?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in August?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in September?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in October?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in November?What to sow and plant in the vegetable garden in December?

How to use the planting calendar

Plant sheets

The when-to-plant sheets are grouped by kind of crop. Each category has a page with every sheet and its photo.

Fruiting vegetables

Tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, courgettes, cucumbers, pumpkins and sweetcorn.

Young tomato plants transplanted and tied to stakes in a garden rowWhen to plant tomatoes?Young pepper plants freshly transplanted in a garden rowWhen to plant peppers?Young eggplant plants freshly transplanted in a garden rowWhen to plant aubergines?Young zucchini plants just transplanted in a mulched garden rowWhen to plant courgettes?Young cucumber plants just transplanted at the base of a trellis netWhen to plant cucumbers?Orange pumpkins ripening on sprawling vines in the gardenWhen to plant pumpkins?Tall corn plants with tassels and ears wrapped in husksWhen to plant sweetcorn?

Leafy vegetables

Lettuce, spinach, rocket, chard, radicchio, endive, lamb's lettuce and celery.

Rows of young green and red lettuce seedlings recently transplantedWhen to plant lettuce?Rows of young spinach seedlings with dark green oval leavesWhen to plant spinach?Dense row of young arugula seedlings with notched leavesWhen to plant rocket?Swiss chard with glossy leaves and red, yellow and pink stemsWhen to plant chard?Red radicchio heads with white veins in a garden rowWhen to plant radicchio?Curly endive head with frilly leaves in garden soilWhen to plant endive?Lamb's lettuce rosettes with small round dark green leaves in a rowWhen to plant lamb's lettuce?Celery plants with green ribbed stalks growing in a garden rowWhen to plant celery?

Brassicas

Broccoli, cauliflowers, cavolo nero, cabbage and Brussels sprouts.

Young broccoli seedlings freshly transplanted with blue-green leavesWhen to plant broccoli?Young cauliflower seedlings transplanted in a bed with drip irrigationWhen to plant cauliflowers?Young Tuscan kale plants with long, dark, crinkled leavesWhen to plant cavolo nero?Round green cabbage heads growing in a garden bedWhen to plant cabbage?Brussels sprouts plant with its stalk covered in small round sproutsWhen to plant Brussels sprouts?

Roots, bulbs and tubers

Carrots, radishes, potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, onions, garlic, shallots, leeks and fennel.

Row of young carrot seedlings with feathery leaves emerging from the soilWhen to plant carrots?Freshly pulled red radishes with leaves on garden soilWhen to plant radishes?Sprouted seed potatoes laid in a garden trench before coveringWhen to plant potatoes?Tall Jerusalem artichoke plants with small yellow sunflower-like flowersWhen to plant Jerusalem artichokes?Rows of young onion plants with green tubular leaves in a gardenWhen to plant onions?Young garlic shoots emerging in neat rows in an autumn garden bedWhen to plant garlic?Shallot plants with thin leaves and clusters of copper bulbsWhen to plant shallots?Neat rows of leeks with white shanks and flat leavesWhen to plant leeks?Row of Florence fennel with white bulbs and feathery frondsWhen to plant fennel?

Legumes

French beans, peas and broad beans: months and soil temperature by region.

Green bean plants with slender pods in a summer garden rowWhen to plant French beans?Young pea seedlings climbing a support with their tendrilsWhen to plant peas?Broad bean plants in a row with white, black-blotched flowersWhen to plant broad beans?

Herbs

Basil, parsley, thyme, rosemary, sage, mint, oregano, chives and bay.

Bushy Genovese basil plants growing next to tomatoesWhen to plant basil?Lush flat-leaf parsley in a terracotta potWhen to plant parsley?Bushy thyme plant with tiny leaves in a terracotta potWhen to plant thyme?Rosemary bush with needle-like leaves and small blue flowersWhen to plant rosemary?Sage plant with soft, velvety grey-green leavesWhen to plant sage?Lush mint plant in a terracotta potWhen to plant mint?Oregano plant with small leaves and tiny pink-white flowersWhen to plant oregano?Clump of chives with thin leaves and purple pompom flowersWhen to plant chives?Bay laurel shrub with glossy dark pointed leavesWhen to plant bay?

Fruit and melons

Strawberries, melons and watermelons, with months and temperatures by region.

Strawberry plants on straw mulch with ripe red and unripe berriesWhen to plant strawberries?Ripe netted cantaloupe melon among the vines in the gardenWhen to plant melons?Large striped watermelon among the vines in the gardenWhen to plant watermelons?

Perennial vegetables

Asparagus and globe artichokes: planting by region and later harvests.

Green asparagus spears emerging from the soil in springWhen to plant asparagus?Globe artichoke plant with silvery leaves and buds on tall stemsWhen to plant artichokes?

Guides

Jobs and methods: sowing, soil, companion planting, pests, containers and watering.

Sowing and beds

Companion planting

Pests & diseases

Container garden

Watering