✏️ Personal events → data/calendar_events.yaml |
Farm lifecycle → data/almond_lifecycle.yaml |
Refresh MLB → python3 scripts/fetch-calendars.py
JAN
- Citrus (navel oranges, lemons)
- Kale & winter greens
- Root vegetables
- Brussels sprouts
- Leeks & fennel
🔪 Dormant pruning — focus on structure, remove suckers and crossing limbs
FEB
- Citrus (peak)
- Early artichokes
- Kale & chard
- Broccoli & cauliflower
- Blood oranges
🌸 BLOOM — most critical month. Frost = yield loss. Bees in orchard.
MAR
- Artichokes (peak)
- Asparagus
- Strawberries (early)
- Peas & snap peas
- Spring lettuces
🌿 Petal fall → jacket stage. Remove mummified nuts. Hull development begins.
APR
- Strawberries
- Asparagus
- Fava beans
- Artichokes
- Spring onions
🌱 Hull growing. Monitor water stress. Spring spray program.
MAY
- Strawberries (peak)
- Cherries
- Apricots (early)
- Zucchini (early)
- Snap peas
🌱 Hull development continues. Heat units accumulating.
JUN
- Stone fruits (peaches, nectarines)
- Apricots
- Berries (peak)
- Zucchini & squash
- Green beans
🦋 Watch for navel orangeworm (NOW). First hull split checks.
JUL
- Tomatoes (early)
- Sweet corn
- Peppers
- Melons
- Summer squash
⚡ Hull split! 5–7 days post-split = peak NOW risk. Critical spray window.
AUG
- Tomatoes (peak)
- Figs
- Corn (peak)
- Eggplant
- Basil
🌾 HARVEST. Shake → windrow → pickup. Early varieties first (Sonora, Fritz).
SEP
- Grapes
- Figs
- Apples & pears
- Winter squash (early)
- Late tomatoes
🌾 Late harvest (Mission, Winters). Haul to huller. Post-harvest irrigation starts.
OCT
- Pumpkins
- Winter squash (peak)
- Apples (peak)
- Pomegranates
- Persimmons
💧 Post-harvest irrigation. Floor management. Orchard assessment.
NOV
- Citrus (early)
- Persimmons
- Pomegranates
- Root vegetables
- Kale & greens return
😴 Trees entering dormancy. Chill hours start. Plan pruning crew.
DEC
- Citrus (navel, tangerines)
- Kale & winter greens
- Root vegetables
- Leeks & fennel
- Meyer lemons
🔪 Dormant pruning begins mid-month. Start with oldest/most vigorous trees.