Collective and City Harvest Planting Chart

Map of Hansberry Garden plots by number

2025 Notes on Beds (sorted by Column Number)

Notes are in chronological order with the most recent entries first.

  • A1: 5/5 green onions always ready for harvest. 4/6 Parsley added near tarragon. 3/29 tarragon moved from high bed to end of bed, other end planted with arugula. 3/18 Onions moved from A12;
  • A2: 5/5 everything ready for light harvesting. 3/23 Planted Capitan lettuce, corn lettuce, French breakfast radishes, greens mix, Easter egg radish, puntarelle, spinach, capitan, Easter egg
  • A3: 5/17 Calendula border, Christmas limas and other saved lima seeds planted.
  • A5: 7/25 Added shishitos and basil, fertilized with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1 7/15 regalia. Some hot peppers ready. 7/7 Regalia (peas removed at least a week ago.) 5/17 Peppers planted among peas. May need to be moved to better sun. Pea harvest beginning. 3/15 Sugar Snap peas planted (magnolia, sugar daddy, and sugar snap (?)) (planned – peppers/eggplant)
  • A8: 7/25 Garbanzos done, some peppers coming in. First elephant ear has some damage. Added shishitos and basil, fertilized with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1. 7/15 garbanzos pretty done. 7/7 Regalia on peppers. Garbanzo harvest started last week. 5/17 Peppers planted around garbanzos. 5/5 broccoli raab is bolting, should be harvested or pulled. Garbanzo harvest should be mid-June. 3/23 Bok Choy harvested, some donated to community fridge; Planted broccoli rabe, garbanzos, all-star lettuce
  • A9: 7/15 first bean harvest. 5/17 One row of yellow romano beans planted between beet rows. 5/5 radish harvest underway (planned – beans); 3/23 planted Detroit Red beet, Napoli carrot, Bacchus radish, Goldor beet, Dragon carrot, Chioggia beet, French Breakfast radishes
  • A11: 7/29 Sprayed with surround. Heavy production all plants, esp. crookneck, except cocozelle. 7/20, 7/15 Regalia 7/7 Regalia.First zukes last week. First fancy zuke almost ready. 6/? Put in additional summer s5/13 – 5/17 Green machine Zucchini and additional leeks (moved from A9)and onions planted; 3/15 Cleared;
  • A12: 7/25 leeks have been harvestable for about two weeks now. 5/17 Arugula harvestable. Collards starting to be harvestable. 4/15 collard starts added, leeks added to edges; 4/1 Collards planted, 3/15 Cleared;
  • B1: 8/7 Seeds planted, left to right: chioggia beets, laurentian rutabaga, watermelon radish, (dragon tongue beans), laurentian rutabaga, purple daikon, chioggia beets, laurentian rutabaga. 7/25 lettuces done, waiting for next idea5/17 lettuces from larger starts ready to harvest. 4/6 lettuces from Weavers Way
  • B2: 7/15 kohlrabi harvest done. 7/7 Regalia on beans. 6/21 first kohlrabi harvested 5/17 Kohlrabi and Good Mother Stoller beans planted.
  • B3: 7/29 Sprayed surround. Corinth died of wilt, pulled. 7/25 All plants diseased. Fertilized with lightly sprinkled wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-2-0(?) Pruned. First faquor cuke was a week or so ago. Plants still producing buy slowed. 7/24 Pulled wilted corinto. Continued to prune diseased leaves. 7/20, 7/15 Regalia (cukes diseased) 7/7 Regalia. 6/21 first cucumbers harvested 5/17 Marketmore 76 cukes, thai basil starts, dill seeds added 5/13 Cucumbers (Little Leaf, Corinth, and Palestinean Faqous) planted/
  • B5: 7/29 Sprayed surround. 7/25 All plants diseased. Fertilized with lightly sprinkled wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-2-0(?) Pruned. 7/20, 7/15 Regalia . Cukes have disease. 7/7 peas and lettuce are gone. Regalia on cukes and herbs. 3/25 Snow peas and Sugar Ann snap peas planted, interplanted lettuce starts (peas are getting a very slow start); (planned – cukes)
  • B11: 7/25 Fertilized with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1 7/22 First big harvest/tasting . 7/15 first harvest 7/7 Regalia 5/11 Tomatoes planted (Varieties: Gin Fizz, Paul Robeson, two mystery, Bumblebee, Jaune Flamme, Orange Oxheart) . Lettuce remaining in bed can be harvested. 5/5 radish and greens harvest underway (planned: tomatoes); 3/25 Cover crop dug under (vetch mix), Crunchy King and French Breakfast radishes interplanted with assorted lettuces and greens (planned: tomatoes)
  • B12: 7/25 Fertilized with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1 7/22 First big harvest/tasting 7/15 First harvest. 7/7 Regalia. 5/11 Tomatoes and basil planted. (Tomato varieties: Cherokee Purple, Matina, John Henry, Goldie, Green Zebra, Blue Beech, Brandy Boy, Speckled Roma) 5/2 soil added (planned: tomatoes)
  • C1 (City):7/25 beans added weeks ago, not yet producing. Lettuce done. 4/6 lettuces from City Harvest and Weavers Way added; 3/18 Snow peas and snap peas planted;
  • C2: 4/15 added mustards, curly and lacinato kale starts, bulbing onions around edges (walla walla, redwing, patterson); 3/29 amended (char), replanted cilantro,
  • C5: 7/29 light spray of surround, net bag on f2 fruits. 7/20, 7/15 Regalia . First fruits start to appear. 7/7 Regalia on Watermelons (planted when?) 5/5 Bok choy almost ready for harvest (planned – climbing squash or melon) ; 4/15 bok choy starts added (turnip harvest should start about 5/13) ; 3/29 planted half with hakurei turnips
  • C8 (City): 7/25 Fertilized with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1 7/15 Regalia. 7/7 Regalia. Tomatoes started ripening last week. Shishitos ready. 5/13 cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers
  • C11: 7/29 okra starting to come in. 7/17 Regalia. 7/15 regalia, compost added ) 7/7 Regalia, fish fertilizer and diatomaceous earth on okra. Okra having an aphid issue 4/29 new soil added (planned: okra and sweet potatoes); 4/15 beets transferred to A9; 3/25 Cover crop dug under (pea mix), Boro beets in half the bed
  • C12: 7/29 okra starting to come in. 7/24 First pods 7/20 Regalia, 7/15, Regalia, compost added (neem oil in previous week seems to have taken care of aphids. First pod appeared. 7/7 Regalia, fish fertilizer and diatomaceous earth on okra. (5/5) Radish harvest underway; 3/15 Garlic from fall sowing, radishes planted between rows. (garlic harvest expected mid- to late June. (planned: okra and sweets).
  • D1 (City): 7/25 nothing happening right now. Waiting for next starts. 4/6 pulled kale and planted lettuces from City Harvest: 3/15 Overwintered kale; amended with fortified biochar;
  • D2: 7/25 Fertilized with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1 7/22 First big harvest/tasting 7/15 harvest started. 7/15 Regalia, “Coop Poop” at base of each plant, watered in. 5/17 dill planted along one short side. 5/12 tomatoes planted
  • D3: 7/ 29 Eggplants have been coming in for about a week or more. First amarillos. 7/25 Fertilized eggplants with light sprinkle of wood ash and Neptunes Harvest 2-3-1 7/22 regular harvest started. 7/20, 7/15 Regalia. Eggplants harvestable. 7/7 Regalia. First ripe balik, an eggplant is ready to go. Ajis have first sign of fruit. Peppers (ají limo, ají amarillo, and balik) and eggplant (Turkish delight and Ping Tung)
  • D5: 7/29 light surround spray on squashes. Fruits appearing. 7/25 squashes doing well. Buckwheat cut back some. One kabocha seems to have borer damage. Surgery and covered with soil. 7/7 Regalia All brassicas harvested. Winter squashes (grey kabocha and honeynut) 4/15 nappa cabbage (harvest soon) and piccadilly cabbage (harvest mid- to late-June); (planned – climbing squash or melon.)
  • D7 (City): .7/25. Some beans and collards pulled. Yellow crookneck plant planted. 7/7 Regalia for beans.(forgot when planted) 4/15 collards and kales (and maybe mustards), onions around edges
  • D8 (City): 7/29 Sprayed with surround. 7/25 Fertilized cukes. Have been productive for past couple of weeks. (see above beds)7/20, 7/15, 7/7 Regalia on cukes (no record of when planted) Pulled most brassicas. Onions planted earlier.5/7 pulled one aphid infested kale plant; 4/6 planted kale and collards for city Harvest, planted red onions from Weavers Way
  • D12: Strawberries and borage

planted some nasturtiums, but don’t remember where

Mid-summer goal:

The following plan balances nightshades, cucurbits, beans and other things for summer. Shady beds can continue to produce until it gets too hot, then can fallow until August. Most brassicas (kale, collards) will continue to produce over the summer.

  • Three tomato beds (planted)
  • Two pepper/eggplant beds (one planted)
  • Two cuke beds (one pickling, one slicing) (one planted)
  • One summer squash bed
  • One winter squash or melon bed
  • Three pole bean beds (one lima, one Good Mother Stollard, one Yellow Romano)
  • Two okra/sweet potato beds
  • Herbs and flowers as borders (basil, dill, nasturtium, marigold, onions).

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Late summer goal: plant winter radishes, rutabagas, frost tolerant greens, beets.

Late fall goal: plant garlic, favas

Other notes (first week of May): Broccoli rabe on shady side of bed are bolting before maturity. Lettuce harvest began. May in most beds. Peas in A5 are in bloom, in C3 tall enough to trellis, but B5 are still quite small.