Calendar · Belgian climate
The vegetable garden, month by month
Every month has its own tasks, sowings and harvests. Here is the year in the vegetable garden and orchard, as experienced in Belgium, from the Ice Saints to the first frosts.
Winter
January
The vegetable garden sleeps, the gardener draws
- 1 sowing
- 11 plantations
- 9 harvests
February
The first sowings, indoors
- 16 sowing
- 13 plantations
- 9 harvests
March
The soil wakes up, and the hardy crops go in
- 28 sowing
- 23 plantations
- 9 harvests
April
The great month of sowing
- 32 sowing
- 20 plantations
- 6 harvests
May
After the Ice Saints, everything goes out
- 29 sowing
- 26 plantations
- 11 harvests
June
The first harvests, and the watering can
- 18 sowing
- 19 plantations
- 29 harvests
July
Abundance begins, and winter is sown
- 13 sowing
- 9 plantations
- 33 harvests
August
Peak harvest, and the preserving jars
- 11 sowing
- 4 plantations
- 36 harvests
September
Summer lingers, autumn settles in
- 7 sowing
- 7 plantations
- 40 harvests
October
Squashes, apples and fallen leaves
- 3 sowing
- 12 plantations
- 40 harvests
November
Cover, plant, tidy away
- 1 sowing
- 17 plantations
- 22 harvests
December
Winter harvests and the festive table
- 0 sowing
- 12 plantations
- 11 harvests