Category: Kentucky Gardening

If you’re searching for what to plant in May in Kentucky, you’re in the right place, and you are probably as excited as I am to dig in the dirt! May is THE month for Kentucky gardeners—frost risk is behind us, soil has warmed to 60°F+, and everything that’s been under lights finally goes outside.…

If you’re searching for what to plant in April in Kentucky, you’re in the right place. April is the sweet spot for cool-season crops like lettuce, spinach, and broccoli—and the prep month for warm-season crops like tomatoes and peppers. Here’s exactly what to plant this month in zones 6b, 7a, and 7b across Western, Central,…

I’m starting cucumber seeds today — April 12th, up here on the ridge. Epic 4-cell trays, heat mat on, Homemade Pickles seeds from Epic Gardening going in. I really love growing cucumbers in Kentucky. The very first time, I had no idea what I was doing. I figured it out as I went, made some…

In 2025, I missed the window when I searched for When to plant cantaloupe in Kentucky. Instead, I bought cantaloupe transplants from my local Amish nursery. Stuck them in the ground, trained them up the trellis, and figured I’d see what happened. What happened was cantaloupe — more than I expected, actually, because I didn’t…

Quick Answer: When to Plant Onion Transplants in Kentucky Plant onion transplants outdoors in Western Mar 15, Central Mar 25, Eastern Apr 1 (earliest safe dates), according to the University of Kentucky. Onions are cold-tolerant and can handle light frosts. For Kentucky, grow intermediate or long-day varieties. See the Overwintering Onions in Kentucky post-coming soon.…

Right now, in my basement, there is a tray of Di Cicco broccoli seedlings sitting under grow lights on a timer. I see people in my social media gardening groups asking how to start broccoli seeds, so I thought I would share here. They have been down there since February 21st, and they are not…

I planted garlic last fall and had a whole plan for it. Then the plan changed — and I had to transplant the sprouted garlic out of its bed at the end of March 2026. That timing mattered for the garlic too. That’s the kind of thing that happens on a homestead! UPDATED: Results are…

Last year I grew broccoli. The worms grew it with me. This year, when to plant Broccoli in Kentucky has taken on a new meaning, win against the worms. I planted Calabrese and Waltham 29 — both solid Kentucky varieties — and felt pretty good about it. Then I turned over a leaf one morning…

I really needed a printable planting calendar for my Kentucky garden. Because every spring, I’d search: “When should I plant tomatoes? When do peas go in the ground? What about fall broccoli?” I was tired of searching every year and saw others were searching the same things I was. Here’s the gold mine, I built…

I started searching for “how to grow Thelma Sanders squash in Kentucky”, as I had grown ONE plant in Washington. And my journey gifted me with a full-blown squash chandelier hanging from a cattle panel arch in the middle of my Kentucky garden — and I am not even a little bit sorry about it.…