Clyde’s Garden Planner, More Than a Planting Chart Donna Larson, December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 Clyde’s Garden Planner is more than a vegetable planting slide chart. Take a look at all the helpful information included for any growing season, no matter your growing zone. How To Use Clyde’s Garden Planner There are two sides to Clyde’s Garden Planner, a Spring side and a Fall side. For your Spring garden, simply slide the inner card until the red line aligns with your estimated last frost date. Now, you can easily see when to plant all of your garden veggies. You’ll see the dates that you should start seeds indoors, transplant them outdoors, and when you can expect your first harvest. It’s really that simple. The Fall side is much the same, only you’re looking at your estimated first fall frost dates. This will quickly let Fall gardeners know if they have enough time to grow all the different plants. Vegetables on Chart Clyde has taken great care to include the most common garden staples in this essential tool. Spring You’ll notice that these go in order from cold tolerant to heat loving. Onion Sets Peas Spinach Cabbage Cauliflower Radish/Turnip (follow for other roots such as rutabaga) Beets Potatoes Broccoli Leaf Lettuce Carrots Chard Green Beans Sweet Corn Cucumbers Summer Squash Melons Peppers Tomatoes Okra Pumpkins (and other winter squash) Fall Again, these go in order from when you need to start them indoors to last outdoor planting times. There are special notes of what needs to be protected from heat. Onion Sets Tomatoes Peppers Melons Potatoes Sweet Corn Cabbage Cucumbers Okra Pumpkins Summer Squash Carrots Caulflower Chard Peas Beets Broccoli Green Beans Radish/Turnip Leaf Lettuce Spinach Information in Clyde’s Chart There is so much more information included in Clyde’s Garden Planner. Besides your first sowing dates and transplanting dates, he notes the following for each vegetable: Sunlight Requirements Planting Depths A Built-In Companion Planting Guide Estimated produce yield per 10-foot row Necessary Seed Quantity or Plants for Each 10-foot row Recommended Distance Between Rows or Hills Which Common Garden Vegetables Need to Be Started Indoors. When To Expect Your First Harvest Dates and For How Long Succession Planting General Guidelines Thinning Recommendations For Your Plants Clyde’s Garden Planner Is For Every Gardener I guarantee that every gardener will find Clyde’s Garden Planner to be useful. Whether you’re a total newbie or an old hat, this simple vegetable planting chart will help you organize your garden from the start, and it’ll keep you on track for success. You may also enjoy reading, How to Start a Homestead Garden Happy Gardening! Donna @ Hazel Belle Farm Donna and her family have been homesteading for most of their 20+ years together in some shape or fashion. She currently lives on their 20 acre farm where they grow as much food as possible. What started as a just a few laying hens, has grown into large gardens, pastured poultry, pork, and lamb. They are continuously evolving their small farm to not suit their family’s needs, but also providing to their local community. Donna’s favorite part of the family farm is her self-built micro-dairy, where she gets to love on dairy cows while serving her local community. Milking, cheesemaking, and processing dairy have become the soul of their homestead and the center of their farm. Gardening