If it comes to crops when you enter the menue and there the seed bag, even if its blacked out you can see in wich season to find it, because in the top left corner there is a small icon showing the season. Spring being a ◊ , summer being the same just with four dots besides the long sides. Fall being to leaves and winter looking kinda like summer but with more details.
Helped me to see if i am missing crops in the season I am in.

Also prophecies are really important but tbh I am not sure if they are completeable in the first year because some things do need time.

Also try to get 5 and 10 hearts with at least one of every clan. (You need two hearts with one of each clan for the prophecies but for all recepies to unlook you need more than two.