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Free downloadable seed starting and succession planting tools

February 22, 2011 by Andrea Bellamy 6 Comments

Seed starting worksheet

An example seed starting worksheet

Keep track of all the seeds you plan to start—and create your own reference on when to plant—with this free downloadable seed starting planning worksheet.

Fill in:

  • The name of the edible
  • Plant family, if known, and if you’d like to practice crop rotation
  • Days to harvest—typically found on the seed packet
  • When to plant. Again, the seed packet will provide some guidance here. Often it will provide an instruction like, “Start indoors six weeks prior to last frost.” You’ll need to find your region’s average last frost date (in Vancouver, BC, it’s March 28). Work back from that, and record the date here.
  • Whether the seed should be started indoors, or if it can be direct sown in the garden. My book, Small-Space Vegetable Gardens, provides information on how best to start each edible. Seed companies also usually provide this on the packet.

Succession planting planting worksheet

Example of a succession planning chart for gardening

Plot out what you’re going to plant, grow and harvest over the seasons using this simple, free downloadable planting planning worksheet. Perhaps using the list you created using the seed starting worksheet, write down what you need to plant in each season, and when you can expect to harvest each crop. Use one worksheet per bed or container, if you wish.

This is a great way to quickly identify empty spots in a garden, and times when your garden won’t be producing food. For example, if you have carrots and tomatoes planned for one bed, you should see a blank spots in the “Harvest” row for spring, and in the “Plant” row for fall. By adding an overwintering vegetable such as leeks or Brussels sprouts to that bed, you could plant in fall and be harvesting the next spring—getting that much more action out of a single bed.

 

Seed packet template

Free floral downloadable printable seed packet pattern

Here’s a pretty, free downloadable printable seed packet template for you to use later in the season. Great for saving your own seeds. Learn how to make a seed packet using this downloadable template.

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  1. meemsnyc says

    February 22, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    Good luck on the book tour! How exciting.

  2. Dirt Gently says

    February 23, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    I just noticed that you had a new Web site design. It looks awesome!

    I usually read your posts in my RSS reader, but @jasmineaujardin’s tweet of your seed ball post sent me here.

  3. Laguna Dirt says

    February 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    hi andrea, just read your write-up in Sunset magazine, march issue! (you should post that, it’s sooo cool!) i’m going to refer to it in my next post about outdoor pillows! (love your graphic orange/white one!)

  4. Connie says

    March 9, 2011 at 12:32 am

    I’ll keep checking in for your LA date – you’ve definitely got one fan down here!

    Connie at Farm with a View

  5. Jill says

    May 30, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    Hi I just bought your book “small-space vegetable gardens” and wanted to check out your planning guides. However it seems the links are all broken. Could you update them? I’d love to be successful with your guidance.

  6. Andrea Bellamy says

    May 30, 2022 at 10:22 pm

    Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Jill! I really appreciate it, and your support of my book as well! I’ve updated the links now :)

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