I’m in the midst of getting my planning done, 8 week starts need to get started next week for last frost at end of May.
This way I’ll know approximately how many seedlings to start and I can keep track of which ones we enjoy. With the layouts, it will allow me to keep track of crop rotations to minimize nutrient depletion. I most likely won’t do a round of cover crops though, I can always just throw some of my other nutrients to top up when needed.
Edit Link to the Libreoffice and Excel doc the file was just saved as excel format, so there is likely formatting issues. If the link reaches its limit send me a msg and I’ll make another.
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Wow, that’s next level!
Thanks! On bed rest, so instead of dreaming about the garden, plan!
Let’s not assume every garden has the same Eurocentric seasonal variation on lemmy.
I’m mid season right now. Planting usually starts in October but our rain was super late this year.
Lots of weeding and trying to get my summer veggies started. I usually stop planting anything by June.
Gophers decimated most of my greens and peas, so I’m basically turning my vegetable garden into plant jail. Still have potatoes going they should be ready soon.
I also have friendly raccoons who love digging up my plants, tossing them aside to look for insects. They got so mad about my plant protectors last week I heard them fighting trying to break in.
That’s why I said “Garden progress” growmie, that included anyone from planning to harvest currently.
I’m also from Canada, so swing and miss buddy!
I’ve downloaded the farmer’s almanac planting calendar, but haven’t started applying that to my planting plan yet.
I’ve also ordered and received my seeds.
I used them for a bunch of my information. I tried using their garden planner… but uggh.
Yeah I optimistically download it nearly every year and then basically never look at it from May on. But each year I do it again because I want to get more organized and deliberate with my garden.
I’m done with my general plan, I have an idea of what I want. Now let’s see what will go wrong and where I have to adapt.
Snap peas and radish are almost ready to go outside, my peppers and tomatoes seedlings are starting to grow. I’m looking forward to the season!
My plan of killing a bunch of seeds has started. Planted these san marzano seeds that came in a purim bag my mother gave me, and those are now in a window with both the most light and least cat activity. Some will sprout, then just die outside from unknown reasons yet.
Got my maters started late. The $6 crate store soil blocker my wife picked up last year to try broke after the first use, so we are a little behind.
Thankfully, this year, a lot of what we are trying is direct sow or already fall planted / perennial. Still gotta start cukes, melons, and some other stuff though.
I had a ton of sprouted garlic and potatoes. Got most of those into the ground (only stopped to save more room for other stuff). We’ve dipped back below zero the last couple of days, thwarting my plans to plant some other things (mostly brassicas) before our mini-vacation down to Tokyo (and half-day of work I need to do for my main job). When we get back, hopefully it will stay above freezing so I can continue with everything. I’ll mostly be growing peppers to sell (and eat, of course), this year.
Peppers, tomatoes, and kale seeds have been started indoors. Only the kale has sprouted so far, and the potting medium reintroduced fungus gnats to my house.
Awesome, I like doing preliminary work with paper from my drafting training, but with the Carpal Tunnel it’s easier to just hash it straight on the PC now.
The 4x8 beds, you giving each pepper/tomato 4 ft? Or is that 4 plants?
Your “spreadsheet” is definitely awesome.
The tomatoes and peppers each get a 2x2 ft area per plant which works well with the new plant cages I bought last year for the peppers and Roma tomatoes. This year I need to setup metal poles or something for the indeterminate tomatoes since last year’s attempt failed when we had some intense wind storms.
@SchmidtGenetics not THAT well, actually.
There’s quite a few open source projects doing good things to help the plotting and planning of caring for indoor and outdoor plants. Here’s two that are popular:
Damn, I’ll have to check those out, amazing what is hidden out there if you know the right key words.
Would you mind sharing that template? It looks so much better than other apps that I’ve seen :)
Thanks! It’s nothing fancy though.
Linky I’ve used Libreoffice, I’ve saved it as an Excel format as well, but I don’t know if the formatting transferred or not.
good start this year. got my peppers and slower flowers started under the growlights. seeded another section of the yard with tall grass and native flowers. and im adding my first bee hive this summer, ordered a nuc from a local farm that breeds for harsh winters. should be a good year if the weather would stop toying with my heart.
Hehehe seeding outside, you’re funny. Snowed an inch last night again! I can’t even spring clean up yet!
im in 4b and it’s doing that 60 degree temp change in a day thing. snows then melts, then snows then melts. throwing down native stuff thats been in cold storage right now and reminding myself the warmth is a lie.
Mint is in the ground 👍
FYI mint can be an invasive species and very hard to kill.
I think they know and were making a funny ;)
It’s a rental and I’m being evicted 👌
Oh, well in that case may I interest you in some bamboo?
Maybe some kudzu while you’re at it.
What sorcery is this?? I love it :D
Thanks!
Time and mind altering substances?
Thanks for sharing :) The link appears to be down tho… Could you put up a new one?Thanks :)
So, what’s your codeword for pot and where does the bud grow season fit in? Hope it all works out :)
The bud stays inside. Too “public” of a backyard. There’s an escarpment overlooking.
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