Garden Planning Guide Just for YOU
I have quite the helpful freebie for you today! This article will feature the garden planning guide. I know I have mentioned it in a couple past articles, but I feel it needs its own special post. Feel free to share this article with your gardening friends, so they can access this freebie for themselves.
The Predecessor to the Garden Planning Guide
I have been gardening for the majority of my life, but I never kept any records, I always just relied on my brain to remember it all. As you age and take on more responsibilities, welllll……..you find that you don’t remember EVERYTHING.
Oh well, that is life, I suppose. So a few years ago, I created a thorough record keeping system, called the Gardening Journal, in order to note all the important aspects of my gardening season. This helps me to plan from year to year. If you’re interested in that, you can find the Gardening Journal here. The Gardening Journal has been a tremendous help in planning my garden each year; however, earlier this year, I found myself looking up the same information that I look up each and every year while planning my garden. Then it hit me! I should create and store all this information in a chart so that I no longer have to spend time reviewing the same information from year to year. Oh my goodness! Why did I not think of this before? That is how the Garden Planning Guide was born, and I have made free to subscribers.
The Contents of Garden Planning Guide
As I said, I was looking up the exact same information each year when planning my garden. This information was found in various resources, but now it is conveniently located in the Garden Planning Guide. The information given in the charts includes each plant’s: when to sow indoors; when to transplant; when to sow outdoors; companion plants; non-companion plants; how many per square foot; how tall the plant gets; whether the plant is a cool or warm weather crop; days to germinate; days to harvest; and any special notes. As an added bonus, there are charts for spring and summer time planting and fall planting.
Please note though, I created this for MY PERSONAL use. I created this based off of my gardening zone (6a), length of growing season, and what plants I grow. This will be helpful for you, but it may not list all the plants you grow or can grow depending on the length of your gardening season. However, this free 13 page Garden Planning Guide could inspire you to create your own. I do hope you enjoy!
