When to Plant Every Vegetable. Forget the Calendar

Every vegetable has a planting window. The calendar gets it wrong more often than right. Here's how I time everything — by watching what's already growing. What I cover: • Why calendar dates fail in half the years • The 6 nature markers I follow instead • When to plant peas, onions, carrots, tomatoes, beans, squash, and garlic • What happens when you plant too early or too late • A simple marker-to-crop guide you can use anywhere 🔗 Related videos: ← Previous: 7 Fruit Trees That Feed You Every Year. No Fuss. → Next: My Compost Method. No Thermometer. No Schedule. Just a Pile. ⏱ Timestamps: 0:00 — The problem with calendar dates 1:30 — How nature markers work 3:00 — Peas and lettuce: watch the crocuses 5:00 — Onions: wait for daffodils 7:00 — Carrots and beets: dandelion time 9:30 — Tomatoes: the lilac rule 12:00 — Beans, squash, cucumbers: iris and peony 14:00 — Garlic: the fall marker 15:30 — What 25 seasons taught me about timing 💬 What's your earliest nature marker in spring? Drop it below. 🔔 Subscribe — next up: the simplest compost method I know. No thermometer. No turning schedule. #planting #gardening #whentoplant #naturalmarkers #vegetablegarden #dave #growyourown