Farmer's Almanac Pinpoints NJ's Best Time To Start Your Garden

The Old Farmer's Almanac has declared the best time for New Jersey residents to plant their gardens for 2025.

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The Old Farmer's Almanac has divided the nation into zones, which could help make it easier to know when to start planting your garden.

When Is The Best Time To Start Your Garden In 2025?

If you have a vegetable garden and want to know exactly when to plant it this year, all you have to do is enter your zip code into the site and it will tell you.

We put a few zip codes in for different parts of the state. We used one from North Jersey, one from Central New Jersey, and one from South Jersey, and the results were similar.

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The experts say nothing should have been planted yet, but some seeds can start being planted now.

New Jersey's Best Time To Plant Your Garden This Year

Each vegetable has different start dates and you should check the grid for specifics, but most land in the range of "now until the end of April".

Sure, that's a broad range, but each vegetable has a specific time for the seeds to be planted, so you should check the chart.

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The entire state of New Jersey is considered "Hot, Fast Statrt" for 2025 and that means early heat has the potential to dry the soil.

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It also means we'll have an earlier-than-normal last frost and there might be early stress on plants.

What can you do to counter the hot start we'll have this year in New Jersey? Experts say to choose seeds that are heat tolerant and utilize shade cloths.