Its getting that time of year. You know, the time of year where your pants start itching to plan a garden. Its too cold to actually get outside, but I love looking thru catalogs and drawing diagrams. My tip today is all about seeds!
I already have my garden plotted out and as soon as I get a pretty day I will get out there and clean it up. You know, use a piece of machinery to tear up the ground! Of course I need to wait until its not frozen anymore.
Have you ever gotten into companion planting? I have tried it, but never gotten too into it just because of lack of time to research it. But I found this great website with lots of helps for companion planting. I do plan on adding some of this in this year.
Another great addition I am going to do this year is rabbit manure. I have a load of manure that I am gonna mix into my sandy soil. Thank you my bunny friends!
Another part of planning your garden is figuring out what you are going to plant. What do you eat throughout the year? How much do you need to plant? Can you can the excess produce? What will grow well in your area and what won’t? How much access do you have to water? How many people do you need to feed? Do you want to save your seeds for the next year? After you have answered all these questions, you can start shopping!
Here are my favorite seed catalogs:
Please feel free to share your favorite shopping spots.
It would be really helpful if you could help those of us who have no clue figure out HOW to plan a garden. All those questions you pose in the last paragraph- how can I figure out how the answers translate into my gardening reality? Are there any great web resources? I would like to grow as much as I am able this year, but past attempts have failed greatly and I am intimidated by trying again.