Starter plants are more expensive, but they’re easier to care for. Seeds are cheaper, but they do require a bit more work. One of the first decisions you’ll need to make is whether to start with seeds or starter plants. Once you’ve selected your plants, it’s time to get started! Seeds or Starter Plants And if you’re growing flowers, some beautiful options include roses, daisies, and sunflowers. If you’re growing fruits, you might want to try strawberries, blueberries, or watermelons. If you’re growing vegetables, some good options include tomatoes, peppers, carrots, and lettuce. Do you want to grow vegetables, fruits, or flowers? Once you’ve decided, it’s time to choose your specific plants.

You’ll also need to decide what kind of plants you want to grow. If you live in a cold climate, choose plants that can withstand the cold, like broccoli, cabbage, and kale. If you live in a hot climate, opt for heat-tolerant plants like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. I'll be sure to share our plans as we finalize them but before you go please let me know what you think of the greenhouse idea, we'll need to decide soon!Ĭlick here for this printable art and other garden-inspired art.When you’re planning your garden, it’s important to choose plants that will do well in your climate. And of course cucumbers, zucchini and squash! I'd also love to try my hand at growing carrots, salad greens, beans and peas this year. The vegetable garden will definitely include the salsa garden I normally grow in containers with tomato, cilantro, and a variety of peppers. I do worry that the greenhouse would be a bit too much in the yard. I love seeing them in the yard but after they started chomping on my hydrangeas and roses last fall they are less welcome. I'd love your opinion on this one-my husband suggested the greenhouse because he knows how much I want a dedicated gardening space and knows that I'm very worried about our deer. I love the idea of a greenhouse like this one, it reminds me of England! I'm thinking they would be nice for border planting as well.įor the vegetable garden, we are in the midst of deciding whether to build raised beds along one of our fence lines or putting in a greenhouse. Right now I'm debating whether to put them in the ground or in containers. I'm planning on planting ranunculus and dahlia bulbs as well as heirloom carnations and zinnias to round out the cutting garden. I also put in some Limelight hydrangea and Incrediball hydrangeas in the fall and am hoping they take off in the spring. We had four Endless Summer hydrangeas when we bought the house already and some amazingly gorgeous varieties of roses. I also want a cutting garden because I love fresh flowers in the house. My end-state goal for the house is to have a working kitchen garden with veggies, herbs, and possibly some fruits thrown in. That being said, on to the garden planning!

I always check with the state extension office when we move for recommended growing dates for the area we live. If you are in the north you may need to start a little later and you'll have a shorter growing season. For instance here in coastal Georgia I'll be doing all of this about one month earlier than this schedule shows because we're zone 8, almost zone 9. This year, now that we're in what we hope to be our 'forever' home, I have HUGE gardening plans! To celebrate the start of garden planning season I'm giving you this printable garden schedule!Ĭlick here to download.This is a generic baseline gardening schedule, depending on your zone you may need to skew things to the right or left. With our constant moves with the military I've always limited myself for the most part to container gardening (and this small raised bed I built for $15). I can't even tell you all how excited I am to start a garden this year.

Garden planner pdf printable