Garden Planning

March 5, 2009 | By admin In Garden planning |

It’s March already!  Yikes!  Where has the time gone???

It is time to kick it into high gear and finish up the garden plans, or start your garden planning,  if you haven’t already.

raised-bed

This year I decided to use an online garden planning software program.  I’m currently trying to figure out what I want to plant this year.  I’ve been so busy lately that it looks like I most likely won’t be planting a spring garden.  But I’ve been playing around with the software coming up with fun ideas for the summer garden!  That’s the fun part for me!    It’s the actual hard work of weeding in the hot sun, and having bugs surprise me that I’m not too fond of.

Some of the things I’m thinking about for this years garden while I’m planning {and playing with the new software} is:

  • What herbs do I use the most and where can I grow them in my yard?
  • Which root vegetables for winter storage do I want to grow?  Do I have room to grow them or do I need to find somewhere else, like a community garden plot where I can grow them?
  • Will I be planting cool weather veggies?  What types and do I have enough time to get them started still?
  • Do I need to fix anything in my yard to make my food production better, like removing trees?

So hopefully I will have a finished plan {or two or three!} to show you soon !

If you want to try out the software on your own, check it out here at PlanGarden.  It’s pretty cool!

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2 Comments so far

  1. Dee on March 12th, 2009

    I love your new site! Have a question about irrigation, though – In the photo for this post, I see what looks like a spigot and two hoses coming out of the bed. Is that right? How did you set them up? We currently have four (and potentially six) 4×8 raised beds, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to irrigate. I live in Zone 7 and have raised beds due to clay soil beneath. I appreciate your feedback!

  2. admin on March 12th, 2009

    Thanks Dee! My husband ran all of those from our sprinkler lines when we were building our raised beds. It wasn’t too hard to do if you’re fairly handy and know where your other sprinkler lines are {which we fortunately knew}. We have other sprinkler lines running underneath our brick patio to other areas for pots and things too and we have attached timers and drip lines to them. I don’t think we’ve settled on a perfect system yet, but it worked fairly decently last year. Hope that helps give you a better idea! Let me know what you end up doing!