I got started at 8AM working on the garden plans. It was a real warm day but cloudy. I needed distraction from the fact I couldn’t be outside working. All of the big gardens are first done on the online program, so I don’t place a family of plants in the same place 2 years running.
I’ve used this plan for many years. I have the 2 veg gardens and the New Herb on it.
Last year’s Big garden wasn’t updated to how I actually planted it. There were a LOT of changes last year, so I needed to have correct info to design this year’s garden. One feature is it pulls info from as many past gardens as you want. I use three years, in this case 2019, 2020, 2021. It took a long time to put in all the changes.
I like to put the variety and how I planted it and how many plants I planted on it for future reference. This meant I traveled from the computer at one end of the house to the dining room table at the other end dozens of times selecting what variety I was going to grow.
I order primarily from Fedco, as they have the best selection and the lowest prices. I am also a member which lowers the price a little. For comparison, or to fill gaps, I use High Mowing next as they are strictly organic. And lastly, I look in Johnny’s for more plant info, but seldom order much as they are the most expensive.
I didn’t finish this year’s plan though I worked until 3PM. I have my general helper coming on Friday and if I can finish it, I will have her draw it on the paper plan for me. Hopefully it will be more legible that way.
I hope to get the Big and Small veg garden done today. I will tackle the New Herb on Saturday.