Garden Checklist
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Garden Checklist
It is important to keep a record of what you planted and when you planted it.
Make a simple chart like the following:
| Vegetable | Planted | Harvested | Notes |
Garden Checklist
The above shows how a garden checklist record should be kept. Of course, only the first column is written in ahead. I want to emphasize the importance of putting down your data on the day you plant, or harvest, or notice anything worth recording. If you let it go until tomorrow it is likely you will forget and then this information will be lacking next year.
Try these short-cuts to success, even if you have had a garden before. A garden checklist will make a big difference in your garden; less work and greater results.
Garden Check List
Jan. 1st--Send for catalogs. Make
planting plan
and table. Order
seeds.
Feb. 1st--Inside: cabbage, cauliflower, first
sowing. Onions for
plants.
Feb. 15th--Inside: lettuce, cabbage,
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts,
beets.
March 1st--Inside: lettuce, celery, tomato
(early).
March 15th--Inside: lettuce, tomato (main),
eggplant, pepper, lima
beans, cucumber, squash; sprout potatoes in
sand.
April 1st--
Inside: cauliflower (on sods),
muskmelon, watermelon, corn.
Outside: (seed-bed) celery, cabbage, lettuce.
Onions, carrots, smooth
peas, spinach, beets, chard, parsnip, turnip,
radish. Lettuce, cabbage(plants).
May 1st--Beans, corn, spinach, lettuce, radish.
May 15th--Beans, limas, muskmelon, watermelon,
summer squash, peas, potatoes, lettuce, radish, tomato (early), corn,
limas, melon, cucumber
and squash (plants). Pole-lima, beets, corn,
kale, winter squash,
pumpkin, lettuce, radish.
June 1st--Beans, carrots, corn, cucumber, peas,
summer spinach, summer
lettuce, radish, egg-plant, pepper, tomato (main
plants).
June 15th--Beans, corn, peas, turnip, summer
lettuce, radish, late
cabbage, and tomato plants.
July 1st--Beans, endive, kale, lettuce, radish,
winter cabbage,
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and celery plants.
July 15th--Beans, early corn, early peas,
lettuce, radish.
Aug. 1st--Early peas, lettuce, radish.
Aug. 15th--Early peas, lettuce, radish in
seed-bed, forcing lettuce for
fall in frames.
Sept. 1st--Lettuce, radish, spinach and onions
for wintering over.
NOTE.--This list is for planting only and an estimate. You will have to adjust the times for your area. Spraying and other garden operations may also be included in such a garden checklist.
The Planting Table
You will want to create a planting table which will show the vegetables you can grow in your area and when they can be planted, etc.
The table should look similar to this:
| Vegetable | When To Plant | Depth To Sow | Distance Apart |
You can get this information to fill your chart
from seed packages, your garden store or many
seed catalogs also have this information.
Go to your local garden store with a note book and a pencil. These are the people who will have the best information for your area. They plant every year so they know the best times for your area.
This is a record that you will create once and use for a lifetime.
When you get your new calendar for the year, you can go through and add the vegetable and when to plant information right to your wall or desk calendar. This way you will remember when it's time to start planting.
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