Garden Planning and Planting

A great garden harvest starts very early in January and that plan should be into action by February. I start planning my garden's  early in January when we can only dream about spring and warm weather. When the plan is set, it goes on paper in my Garden Journal.  I am always excited about making the garden plan and then planting the little seeds that will produce such wonderful vegetables.

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Our Garden Starts When 
The Snow Is Covering The Ground

I have found through the years that the production of the garden is greater when there is a plan to follow. After making a decision about the space that we want to use as garden, then we are busy planning what to put in the space. Here at the cottage we have several spaces that we use as garden. For early plantings we make a plan for our Patio Garden where we plant most of our vegetables and some herbs and flowers. We plan our runner plants in our Upstairs Garden, and our Kitchen Herb Garden is filled with wonderful herbs.  Last but not least, the Kitchen Lettuce Tub. It is so much fun to plan all of these spaces for a wonderful harvest. My plan was drafted in the Garden Journal this year in the first week of January. 

There Is Still Lots of Time For You 

to Make Your Garden Plan,

 It Is So Much Fun!

Our Squares in the Garden measure 4' X 8' and there are 4 sections.

The Measurements For The Kitchen Herb Garden and The Runner Fence Can Be Seen On This Post

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The Kitchen Lettuce Tub Is An Antique French Bathtub and a fun container for the lettuce which is just outside the kitchen door.

Now that we have our plan, we can determine just how many seeds we will need to make this production happen. When I have a list of my seeds, then I hit the seeds books. The Seed Books start coming to our house in December and once you order from one book just one time, they will all come your way. We save many of our own seeds from the previous year, and because we have that inventory on hand, we really don't order that many seeds anymore. We have some seeds that have been passed down for generations and are delicious!

We Have Seeds In Every Window In Various Stages Of Growth

I use the little starter trays to start my plants. We make our own Compost and I use a mix of our compost with good loose soil. I just simply push the little seeds under the soil. Sprinkle the tray with the rain water that we save in our rain barrels. Then place a plastic wrap over the tray. Place the tray in a very sunny location or under a growing light. I don't take the plastic wrap off until the little seeds start to show off their little plants. Then I water with the rain water as they grow.

After the plants are growing and sturdy we thin the plants keeping the really good ones. Sometimes we transplant the plants into little growing pots until they are ready to go into the garden.

We got into the garden a little late this year because of the cold weather but we were only a couple of weeks late.

This was our onion planting day, we had prepared the ground made the rows and covered them with straw to protect them from the harsh weather that will come.

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We really enjoyed being able to be outdoors after being inside for so long 

as we recovered from the Flu 2018.

Onions Are In The Ground!

It Always Looks Great Right After It's Planted

You Can See On The Plan That We Will Be Planting Okra and Peppers As A Second Crop After The Onions Are Harvested. 

My Gardening Partner, Husband Leonard

We Have So Much Fun With Our Garden!

Of Course, My Other Helper "Garden Dog Max"!

We Had A Great Day!

It's not to late to make a plan for your garden so you can have a great harvest this summer. Thanks so much for spending time with  us in the garden today and hope you will come back to watch the garden grow during the season!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen

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