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.

  • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    13 hours ago

    My winter garden is over, except for the fennel and mojito mint (I leave it in there and just pull it up occasionally, it plays pretty nice) and a couple of lettuces.

    Starting seedlings of jalapeno, butternut squash, eggplant, tomato. Later on will plant okra, a container of Stokes Purple sweet potato, and mini watermelons. Basil. The citrus made flowers but it seems late, winter was oddly cold this year.

    Zone 10

  • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    3 days ago

    Living in a tropical country is awesome, just take seeds, put them in soil and enjoy food the entire year; my plants are doing awesome, been using organic matter coming straight off my kitchen as compost for ages now, rarely see problems with nutrients.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Too hot!

      I love the winter and winter sports, living a 3 hour drive from the Rockies has its advantages and disadvantages.

      I’m gonna top up with top dressing or the places garden mix which is compost and soil. Only so much room and stuff I can do myself. Sometimes gotta spend the money.

  • plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    3 days ago

    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.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      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?

      • plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        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.

  • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
    6·
    3 days ago

    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.

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    squints…wait is that Excel?! You madman. Whatever works I guess. Looks really nice and organized as well.

  • mrhenry77@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    Well, that’s another unexpected use-case for Excel that is actually pretty cool. Would you mind sharing it as a template?

  • lilpatchy2eyes@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    First time ever gardening by myself in my hometown… it’s small, ugly, and poorly planned but at least one of every type of seed I’ve planted has sprouted. Makes me want to invest a little more money and energy at least.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    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.

  • ChaosCoati@midwest.socialEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    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.

      • ChaosCoati@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        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.

  • obazdaa@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    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!