Garlic and shallots can still go into workable soil, cold frames and low tunnels keep hardy greens alive, and bare-root fruit stock goes in the ground…

By May, Nebraska gardens have usually cleared the reference frost window of April 12 to April 23, so most of the state can move from cold-hardy crops…

Nebraska gardeners can put a short list of cold-hardy crops into workable soil this month: peas, spinach, radishes, lettuce and onion sets, along with…

June is the month Nebraska gardens fill up. The reference-station frost window closed in mid-to-late April, so soil has had weeks to warm, and this is…

July in Nebraska sits well past the state’s last spring frost and months ahead of the first fall one, which means the garden is running at full speed.

January in Nebraska means frozen ground almost everywhere in the state, so the direct-sow list is short to nonexistent.

February in Nebraska sits about two to three months ahead of the last spring frost, and the ground is still frozen or waterlogged across most of the state.

In December, Nebraska gardens sit under frozen or near-frozen ground across most of the state, so the honest answer is that nothing goes into open soil…

August in Nebraska is a pivot point, not a planting free-for-all. The window for new warm-season crops has closed, but there’s still real time to get…

Nebraska’s last spring frost falls somewhere between April 12 and April 23, depending on where in the state you garden, so April is a month split in two.