In May, life really comes alive in the vegetable garden. May is the perfect time to start or continue cultivating your own garden. The Ice Saints are approaching or have just passed, the soil is warm, and you can sow lots of things directly outdoors in May and transplant young plants to their final locations. Leafy greens, carrots, cabbages, beans, pumpkins… May is the perfect month to fill the garden.

This May vegetable garden calendar shows you at a glance what you can sow, plant, harvest, and use from your supplies . It's a handy practical guide for your May vegetable garden.

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🏠 Indoor · 🪟 Greenhouse/greenhouse · 🪏 Outdoors in the open ground

• 🪏 Endive – summer crop , beautiful heads for the summer.
• 🪏 Arugula – normal cultivation , germinates quickly in the warmed May soil.
• 🪟🪏 (Pale) celery – summer cultivation , sow in the greenhouse and plant out later.
• 🪏 Lettuce – summer cultivation ,
• Sow generously now or transplant seedlings. Note: lettuce will bolt more quickly in very warm weather.
• 🪏 Spinach – summer cultivation , preferably choose heat-tolerant varieties.
• 🪏 Swiss Chard – productive leafy vegetable for the entire summer.

Tip: Sow leafy vegetables in May in small batches every one to two weeks. This way, you'll harvest continuously and the plants will bolt less quickly. You can also leave some leafy vegetables longer for a larger harvest.

• 🪏 Kale – autumn cultivation , sow now for a harvest in the cold months.
• 🪏 Broccoli – summer crop , sow in pots or on the ground and plant out later.
• 🪟 Cauliflower – summer cultivation in greenhouse/glasshouse.
• 🪟 Kohlrabi – summer cultivation , pre-sowing and young planting out.
• 🪏 Turnip / turnip cabbage – sow directly on site , grows quickly.
• 🪏 Radish – summer and autumn cultivation , ideal between slow-growing crops.
• 🪏 Savoy cabbage – late cultivation , sturdy cabbages for the winter.
• 🪏 Brussels sprouts – late cultivation , sow now for sprouts in winter.
• 🏠 Garden cress – super-fast microgreens on the windowsill.