Online Garden Planner

I found a gardening catalogue in my mailbox the other day, from Gardener's Supply Co., and took some time that night to brouse through it.  I actually saw some neat things to use in the garden.  I especially like their cages and trellises for vines - cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, etc.

In the catalogue, there is a note about an online tool that the company has to help you plan your garden.  It will tell you how many plants you need to plant per square foot of whatever vegetable you chose to plant.  After you have selected the size of your garden and you have "dragged" the vegetables into the squares within the grid, the planner will give you planting instructions for each vegetable plant.  I spent some time on it last night and printed it out today.  I did not plan my actual garden; I used the planner to determine how many plants of each type I can plant in each square foot.  I also wanted the short, basic planting instructions.  Here is the link to view my plans: http://www.gardeners.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Gardeners-Site/default/Page-KGPJS

Starting Seeds - March

Indoors - March 29

• Pepper "Snapper" I actually started these on the March 18th
• Pepper "Carmen" I started these on March 18th as well.
• Eggplant "Galine"
• Thyme "German Winter Thyme"

Outdoors - As soon as soil can be worked

• Lettuce "Encore" - succession planting
• Spinach "Big Ruffles"
• Kale "Red Russian"

Outdoors - scatter seeds in perennial bed, end of March

• Foxglove "Camelot"
• Poppy "Corn Poppy"
• Cleome
• Snapdragon

What I Plan to Grow

Vegetables

• Cucumber - (hybrid) pickling, "Jackson Classic" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Cucumber - (hybrid) slicing, "Corinto" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Lettuce - "Encore Letuce Mix" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Tomato - (hybrid) "Five Star Grape" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Tomato - "Bellstar" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Tomato - (heirloom) "Yellow Pear" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Pepper - (hybrid) "Snapper" -Johnny's Selected Seeds (none of these survived)
• Pepper, sweet - (hybrid) "Carmen" - Johnny's Selected Seeds (only one seedling survived)
• Beans, snap - "Fresh Pick", bush -  Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Beans, dry - "Midnight lack Turtle" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Beans, Italian pole - "Romano" - Chase C. Hart Co.
• Zucchini, yellow - (hybrid) "Goldy" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Zucchini - (hybrid) "Dunja" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Eggplant - (hybrid) "Galine" -Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Pumpkin - (hybrid) "Charisma" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Watermelon - (hybrid) "Little Baby Flower" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Cabbage - (hybrid) "Tendersweet" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Onion, bunching - "Guardsman" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Corn, sweet - "Early Golden Bantam" - Plantation Products, Inc.
• Spinach - (hybrid) "Big Ruffles" - Burpee (old seed)
• Kale - "Red Russian" - Burpee (old seed)
• Canteloupe - ?? - from Carol Maybrook's garden
• Watermelon - ?? - from Carol Maybrook's garden
• Tomato - (heirloom) - from Lee Fanelli's garden

 

Flowers

• Foxglove - (hybrid) "Camelot Mix", pelleted -Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Poppy - "Corn Poppy" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Zinnia - "Thumelina" - Plantation Products, Inc.
• Zinnia - "Pinwheel Mix" - Burpee
• Zinnia - "Fruit Smoothie Mix" - Burpee
• Zinnia - "Zahara Mix" - Burpee
• Aster - "Giant Princess Mix" - Burpee
• Cleome - "Queen Mix" - Burpee
• Cleome - "Lynn Puffer"
• Bathelor's Buttons - "Blue Boy" - Burpee
• Canterbury Bells - "Calycan Mixed Colors" - Plantation Products, Inc
• Marigold - (hybrid) "Snowball" - Burpee
• Marigold - "Lemondrop" - Plantation Products, Inc.
• Marigold - "Dwarf French Double Mixed Colors" - Plantation Products, Inc.
• Sunflower - "Autumn Beauty" - Burpee
• Sunflower - "Vanilla Ice" - Burpee
• Sunflower - (hybrid) "Aztec Gold" - Burpee
• Sunflower - (hybrid) "Chianti" - Burpee
• Dahlias - see Dahlia list
• Moonflower - "Lynn Puffer"

 

Herbs



• Basil - "Genovese" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Thyme - "German Winter Thyme" - Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Cilantro - "Calypso" -Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Parsley - "Giant of Italy" -  Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Dill - "Mammoth" - Burpee (old seed)

Now I have to go through my notebook to make sure I know where each of these plants will be planted.  I also need to determine when to plant the seeds and make a chart.  I will consult my books, the seed packets, and Johnny's seed catalogue.  I need to do this by the middle of March.