MENDOCINO CO., 5/27/26 — Mendocino doesn’t have one growing season — it has three, and June is when the gap between them is widest. The coast is still in cool spring. The 101 corridor has tipped into summer. The interior valleys can be either, sometimes inside the same afternoon. The trick is matching your June work to your actual weather, not the calendar.
Coast: Fort Bragg through Gualala
The fog is a feature, not a bug. June on the coast is the long, slow stretch of mild days and cool nights that brassicas dream about. Kale, broccoli, chard, cabbages, collards — all still happy, all still planting-ready. Lettuces and arugula can be succession-sown every two weeks without bolting. If you ever wanted to actually eat the spring salad garden, this is the month.
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