Gardening is a way of life, with activities and things to do each month on the Wheel of the year. Gardening is not something you only do between Memorial Day and the First Frost of the Year.
Here are the activities for each month, scheduled to fit in with a garden in Zone 5b/6a (Cleveland, Ohio).
January: Seed Catalogs, and Planning the Garden
February: Starting Cool Weather and Long Season Seeds
March: Seed Starting and Early Yard Work
April: Indoor and Outdoor Seed Starting, Hardening Off Seedlings, and Garden Preparation
May: Planting in the Garden
June: Succession Plantings, Early Harvests
July: Second Plantings, Summer Harvests
August: Late Plantings, Early Harvests
September: Harvesting Like Crazy
October: Planting Fall Crops, Winding Down the Garden
November: Late Harvest Crops, Putting the Garden to Bed
December: Final Harvest Crops