All the seeding tools like trays and heat mats come out of storage for a cleaning.

This is a game of timing.

Everything else will get started next month.

(These arekeeping onions, not scallions.)

They go into the ground in long troughs you dig in the dirt.

These pieces get planted in your potato bed about a foot apart, then covered with compost and mulch.

Asparagus come as crowns from your nursery, which look like sad desiccated roots when you buy them.

But rest assured, these roots, once planted, produce actual asparagus.

The best news is that peas are incredibly hard to screw up.

You stick the seeds (which are large and easy to work with) in the soil.

There are two kinds of peas to consider.

Plant both, but keep them separate, so you’ve got the option to tell them apart.

For edible peas, double-check to plant shelling peas, snap peas, and sugar peas.

Plant a second bunch of peas two weeks after the first so you have a spring succession.

Peas need a structure to climb, so plant them on an arch or trellis.

Best of all, both edible and sweet peas give your garden early color.

I seed a few lettuces each week at this point, and all of this can take place outside.

Get a row of them in every few weeks, starting now.

Strawberries

Heed my cry: You never, ever need to buy strawberry plants.

you oughta thin them yearly anyway so that each has at least six to eight inches around it.

Even if you somehow do not have the supply, someone in your neighborhood does.

Spinach, in particular, loves the cold.Outside, I’m seeding beets and more kohlrabi into the ground.

This is a great example of succession planting.)

Both of these crops take the entire spring and summer to grow enough to be ready by fall.

Plant parsnip seeds directly in the soil outside now, and pick up Brussels sprout starts at the nursery.

Your planting date will be determined by yourgrowing zoneandlast frost dateall things you’re able to easily google.

Youll have to house, feed, and water these babies until then.

Many people wait until April, and you shouldnt feel anxious about doing so.

Peppers first, then tomatoes, and finally eggplants.

Theyll go into 50-cell trays to start, two seeds per cell.

I dont seed other summer crops like pumpkins, corn, or beans until late April or May.

Flowers

What I do take a stab at get an early start on now is flowers.

These are the most stubborn to grow and are spring-hardy, so the early start is warranted.

I plant these in trays of 72 or 128 cells.

I assure you, you have time.