Composting
Don’t buy worms. Start a compost bin (15 gallon pot) and throw any worms you find in the garden into the bin. Compost wood shavings and food/garden waste.
Fertilizer
Costco has yearly sale of Miracle Grow 12-4-8.
Vegetables
Leafy green vegetables like lettuce and peas grow well.
- Artichoke
- Asparagus
- Chayote
- Cucumber (Tasty Green)
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Peas
- Zucchini (Black Beauty)
Fruit Trees
- Feijoa
- Fig (Desert King, Violette de Bordeaux)
- Lemon (Meyer)
- Lime (Bearss)
Berries
White/yellow alphine strawberries taste better than the red.
Flowers
- Mammoth Sunflower
- Chamomile
- Begonia coccinea
- Fuchsia
Fog Belt Planting Calendar
What to plant each month in San Francisco’s foggy microclimates (Golden Gate Park, Sunset, Richmond, coastal San Mateo County).
| Month | What to Plant |
|---|---|
| Jan | Artichoke (root), Bean, fava (S), Cabbage (T)*, Collards (S,T)*, Garlic (sets) (S), Kohlrabi (T), Leek (S,T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S)*, Onion (S,T), Onion (sets), Radish (S), Rhubarb (root), Shallot (sets), Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S) |
| Feb | Artichoke (root), Bean, fava (S), Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T)*, Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T)*, Collards (S), Garlic (sets) (S), Kale (T), Kohlrabi (T), Leek (S,T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Onion (S,T), Onion (sets) (S), Parsnip (S)*, Pea (S), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T), Sw. Chard (S,T) |
| Mar | Artichoke (root), Bean, fava (S), Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T), Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T), Celery (T)*, Collards (S), Cucumber (S,T)*, Kale (T), Kohlrabi (T), Leek (S,T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Onion (S,T), Onion (sets) (S,T), Parsnip (S), Pea (S), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T), Squash, summer (S)*, Squash, winter (S)*, Sunflower (S)*, Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S) |
| Apr | Bean, fava (S), Bean, runner (S), Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T), Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T), Celery (T), Collards (S), Corn, early (S)*, Cucumber (S,T), Eggplant (T)*, Kale (T), Kohlrabi (T), Leek (S,T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Onion (S,T), Parsnip (S), Pea (S), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T)#, Squash, summer (S), Squash, winter (S)*, Sunflower (S), Sw. Chard (S,T), Tomato (T), Turnip (S) |
| May | Bean, fava (S), Bean, runner (S), Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T), Brussels sprouts (T), Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T), Celery (T), Corn, early (S), Cucumber (S,T), Eggplant (T), Kohlrabi (T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Onion (S,T), Parsnip (S), Pea (S), Pepper (T), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T), Squash, summer (S), Squash, winter (S), Sunflower (S), Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S) |
| Jun | Bean, fava (S), Bean, runner (S)#, Bean, snap (S), Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T), Brussels sprouts (T), Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T), Celery (T), Corn, early (S), Cucumber (S,T), Kohlrabi (T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Parsnip (S), Pea (S), Pepper (T)#, Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Squash, summer (S), Squash, winter (S)#, Sunflower (S)#, Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S) |
| Jul | Bean, fava (S), Bean, snap (S)#, Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T), Brussels sprouts (T), Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T), Celery (T), Collards (S,T), Corn, early (S)#, Kale (T), Kohlrabi (T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Parsnip (S), Pea (S), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T)*, Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S) |
| Aug | Bean, fava (S), Beet (S,T), Broccoli (T), Brussels sprouts (T), Cabbage (T), Carrot (S), Cauliflower (T), Celery (T)#, Collards (S,T), Kale (T), Kohlrabi (T), Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Parsnip (S), Pea (S), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T), Squash, summer (S), Squash, winter (S)#, Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S) |
| Sep | Bean, fava (S), Beet (S,T)#, Broccoli (T), Brussels sprouts (T)#, Cabbage (T), Cauliflower (T)#, Collards (S,T)#, Kale (T)#, Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S), Onion (S)*, Pea (S), Potato (tubers), Radish (S), Spinach (S,T), Sw. Chard (S,T), Turnip (S)# |
| Oct | Artichoke (root), Bean, fava (S), Broccoli (T)#, Brussels sprouts (T)#, Cabbage (T), Cauliflower (T)#, Collards (S,T)#, Garlic (sets) (S)*, Kale (T)#, Lettuce (S,T), Mustard (S)#, Onion (S,T), Pea (S), Radish (S), Shallot (sets) (S), Spinach (S,T) |
| Nov | Artichoke (root), Bean, fava (S), Garlic (sets) (S), Lettuce (S,T), Onion (S,T), Pea (S), Radish (S), Shallot (sets) (S) |
| Dec | Artichoke (root), Bean, fava (S), Garlic (sets) (S), Lettuce (S,T), Radish (S), Rhubarb (root), Shallot (sets) (S) |
S = seed, T = transplant, # = plant weeks 1-2 of the month, * = plant weeks 3-4 of the month.
Adapted by Carol O’Donnell, UCCE Master Gardener San Mateo/San Francisco Counties, from Golden Gate Gardening, 3rd Edition (Pam Peirce, Sasquatch Books, 2010). Source PDF.
References
- Golden Gate Gardening