Count: With the vegetables drawn into the garden, you can now determine the number of seeds you’ll want to start to have that many seedlings ready to be transplanted into your vegetable garden once it is warm enough to do so.Place: Place the vegetables you’re most excited to grow into the garden using our space planner to ensure each vegetable and herb has the perfect amount of space.Draw: Draw your space and roughly outline which parts of the garden or patio get the most sun.Goals: Outline your goals for the gardening season to ensure your vegetable garden plan is aligned with what you’re hoping for from it this coming season.We’re going to go through each step in detail with my garden as an example, but we approach it with these few key steps: To help with this, we have put together a FREE Step-by-Step Vegetable Garden Planning Guide that you can download here. Gardening is an incredible mindful activity and by being intentional about this we can establish Mindful Gardening habits and techniques from the beginning of the season.Ī garden plan is a quick and easy way to ensure you get the absolute most out of your garden. Enjoyment: Lastly, with that limited amount of garden space that we each have, it’s important that we’re getting as much joy and happiness out of it as possible.
Succession: Some vegetables will be harvested and removed from the garden, creating empty space and presenting the opportunity to plant a succession vegetable to grow in that garden space.Timing: Certain vegetables are more cold hardy than others, therefore we can start those seeds earlier while others will really struggle if we put them outside to early.Spacing: If we overcrowd our garden space with too many vegetables, herbs, and flowers then they will end up competing for sun and resources and have a more difficult time thriving than if they were effectively spaced.Sun: One of the biggest impacts on how well our plant babies grow is the amount of sun they receive.Spending a few minutes before starting any seeds or buying seedlings and building a plan for the gardening season ahead is an incredibly good practice and will help you maximize the season ahead. Why should I make a vegetable garden plan?
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