What to pick, week by week
A Dearborn County harvest order so food doesn’t rot in the row.
Spring
| When | Take |
|---|---|
| March | Stored roots, water-glassed eggs, first nettles, garlic mustard |
| April | Morels (if you know them), rhubarb, overwintered kale, eggs ramping up |
| May | Asparagus if you have it, lettuce, radish, poke shoots only if you already know the method |
Summer
| When | Take |
|---|---|
| June | Strawberries, garlic, peas, cabbage, first squash blossoms |
| July | Garlic cured, beans every 2 days, cucumbers for pickles, wheat if you grew it, blackberries |
| August | Tomatoes daily, sweet corn, early apples, dry beans starting |
Fall & winter
| When | Take |
|---|---|
| September | Potatoes after vines die, onions already curing, pawpaws, elderberry, dent corn dry |
| October | Sweet potatoes before frost, winter squash, apples, hickory & walnut, late cabbage → kraut |
| Nov–Feb | Cellar, jars, hanging herbs, deer season, woodpile, plan next seed |
Note. If a frost warning hits and tomatoes are still green, pick the lot. Ripe what you can indoors; fry the rest green or pickle them.