Hello! When do you start your seeds? Do you use a planting calendar and/or schedule? I know we’re in different areas and can adjust and learn from each other, plus I’d love to see what you do! Here I used Zach’s document to help me plan. If you’d like it, here’s where I found it: https://mailchi.mp/00b9edbec530/euq7k90o61 Thank you!

First, thanks, Zack for all the info you share. Because of you, I'm going to try to incorporate intense succession planting this year. I'm getting the urge to plant something even though my last frost isn't until around May 15th. My basement Kratky hydroponics is growing and I harvested a little lettuce the other day. Looking like broccoli and cauliflower isn't too far away. But tomatoes, strawberries, peppers and cantaloupes are real slow. Probably because they are heirlooms. This will be the first year I've tried growing in my unheated hoophouse. Spring gardening is a lot like baseball's spring training. Lots of hope and optimism.

Has anybody ever grown this Tiara Cabbage before? I've been growing it for a couple years and it's my favorite because it's only 1-2 lbs (perfect 1 or 2 week portion) and I can grow them 10" by 10" grid spacing and 15 of them fit on a 5 foot bed space. I've been doing some crop planning for the farm lately and all my favorite varieties are bouncing around my head. Anybody else garden planning yet?

I am going into my first full season in my market garden, and am gaining access to the High Tunnel(unheated) this year. I am in zone 4a, and we don't come out of our Persephonae period until Feb. 14 (convenient to remember). I am curious what other northern growers are getting started for early season greens? When are you direct seeding or starting transplants? I'd love to get transplants in the ground the week of Feb 14, but am a bit hesitant due to temps... when is your spinach, lettuce, arugula, and kale getting in the ground?

Hey yall! I'm Joe and I have been gardening in the Intermountain west for more than a decade. I live in Helena, MT zone 4a. Almost 3 years ago I started growing microgreens for my.family, and have been selling them since June of 2022. I work with 11 restaurants, 2 grocers and a variety of direct to consumer outlets. I've had a big upswell of requests for field veg and am taking over a friend's Half acre organic plot with a 30x96 greenhouse. I have my organic application in for both this plot and my microgreen business, and NRCS applications in to erect upto 3 more high tunnels! So while it might not seem that I am a stranger to growing, growing at this scale is definitely new to me. This fall I was able to jump in Ben Hartman's Lean Farm Course and it's been invaluable to me, much as the Neversini course has been to @Zach Buchel That said... very few course tell you how to do this best in the inter mountain west and the unique challenges it poses. And that's what first got me following Zach. I'm hear to learn from another grower dealing with short seasons, minimal rain, and extreme temperature fluctuation. And if I can share my experiences along the way, I'm glad to!