![]() ![]() This year, I am creating monthly planting maps that will allow for successive plantings of short-term crops, dedicated space for long-term plants, and the beds I will use for season extension into December. Last year, I ran out of space by July and was frustrated because I know with better planning I could grow all that I want to grow. ![]() Weekly garden to-do lists – I am creating a form that is specific to my gardens, incorporating my vegetable garden, my medicinal herb garden, and my new project, my food forest. I start all of my vegetables by seed and try to sow several additional plantings of vegetables (called successive or staggered sowing) to extend my growing season into late fall. I decided to keep it simple and chose the following: The first thing I did was to decide what kinds of recordkeeping tools I wanted and would actually use. And plans to put up my mini-tunnels on my raised beds so I could extend my growing season disappeared under the pressures of harvest and work. I sowed seeds for my fall crops too late. I mapped out my plantings AFTER I planted. Last year, I used a clipboard with a spreadsheet and blank paper that I would scribble some notes on and then toss them on my desk to deal with later. Map of garden plantings including staggered planting overlays and yearly rotation. ![]()
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