A vegetable garden can give you organic, fresh produce year-round. But, as vegetables vary greatly in size, spacing, harvest time and growing conditions, planning tools are an essential part of any garden strategy.
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Paper Garden Planners
Simple garden planners, calendars, and logbooks, have been around for many years, and are still just as useful as they always were. If you prefer writing to typing, you may prefer these offline options.
Week-by-Week Vegetable Handbook (Top Paper Planner Pick)
This #1 bestseller helps you make the most of your vegetable growing season. Detailed weekly to-do lists break managing your garden into simple tasks for both seasoned gardeners and beginners alike.
The Garden Journal, Planner and Log Book
这个8.5×11笔记本包括每月计划清单,购物清单,网格计划和待办事项。
Garden Journal and Planner
Create a book of garden memories with this journal and planner by Michelle Marsh. Initially created for her own use, this record aids in planning ahead and also provides browsing of past thoughts and projects for years to come.
Multi-Climate – Year Round Garden Planner
This $4 planner slides to give you year-round planning based on your chosen climate’s start date. A handy and portable guide, this is easy to store anywhere and bring outside to the garden too.
Clyde’s Garden Planner
Clyde提供了各种服务,包括一个计划器、应用程序和博客,支持你在不同气候下的霜冻间种植植物。根据你的蔬菜需求选择合适的,或者结合他的不同建议来获得更大的前景。
Vegetable Garden Planning Software
Raddish
Raddish is a newer app released in 2021 that helps you build out your garden timeline and features growing data for your own region. It’s at the top of our list for clean design and simple interface.
Vegetable Garden Online
This item is a basic grid planner with drag and drop veggies. The website itself offers specific advice on many different vegetables, and the software requires no learning curve.
Find it at Vegetable Garden Online
Smart Gardener (Top Veggie Knowledge Pick)
智能园丁是一个花园规划师和导师所有在一个。你需要登录并创建一个免费的帐户,但定制和创建精确到蔬菜品种的能力是无与伦比的。规划师给你增长信息,购买信息和面积建议。有针对小空间或太阳低的建议模板,也有针对圆形和三角形补丁的免费模板。你也可以购买树荫花园和景观美化的插件。你的地块设置有点耗时,但结果将是高度定制的,并可用于你的院子。
Grow Veg Garden Planner (Top Crop & Planting Pick)
The Old Farmer’s Almanachas long been a gardener’s trusted companion. In addition to the annual planting advice, the Almanac crew also recommend garden planning software though Growing Interactive Ltd. This software is also the planner of choice forMother Earth News. Described as simple yet powerful, this planner offers a feature not found in other tools with their option for succession planting and crop rotation. With 180 different vegetables, herbs, and fruits, this intuitive design also has the depth to plot and plan a complex garden too. This planner begins with a free 7-day trial and can be continued with an annual subscription of $29.
Find it at Growing Interactive Ltd.
Plangarden
Plangarden offers a free 45-day trial. The software is described as a program specifically for vegetable gardeners, but can also accommodate strangely shaped gardens and raised beds. This program uses a drag-and-drop interface to create rows or individual plants. A standout feature unique to this product is the harvest estimator to help stagger crops.
$eed Money
Seed Money offers a 7-day free trial and the option to extend to a $29 per year subscription. In addition to a large variety of plants, this grid-based system also gives advice on spacing and rows.
Kitchen Garden Planner
In addition to a design your own option, this free software offers 26 pre-planned options including many designs for raised beds. We recommend the Cook’s Choice garden. The interface features easy drag and drop edits too.
Find it at Kitchen Garden Planner
Garden Design Mobile Apps
电脑是有用的,但不能随身携带——当我们谈论户外种植时,这是一个缺点。上面提到的一些花园设计程序也有移动选择,如增长互动的规划师。但这些应用程序本身就具有规划功能——不需要台式电脑。
Vegetable Tree
Vegetable tree lets users browse a “constantly growing” vegetable catalog via mobile. Included is an interactive calendar, progress tracking using text and picture notes, email support, and more. This app costs $4.99 and rates at 4.5 stars.
Gardroid
Gardroid,你的安卓园丁,跟踪种植,同时也提供播种深度、间距和所需的种植温度的建议。可以选择免费版或高级版,价格为2.27美元。
Garden Compass
Described as the app that “gives plants a voice” Garden Compass provides advice on more than just planting months. Experts provide info on pests and weather, also plant and flower.
Garden Manager: Plant Alarm
This app is more task-oriented. Plant Alarm is designed to make sure you do those intended gardening tasks from watering to fertilizing. Don’t risk neglecting your garden needs, instead log and share your progress.
Regional Garden Guides & Resources
The basics of choosing your veggies and planting rows can get a lot more complicated when it comes to different climates and growing seasons. What might work for Tucson likely won’t work in Chicago or San Francisco. Plan your garden with region specifics for your area. Somecommon climates in the United Statesinclude Mediterranean, Subtropical, Continental, and Oceanic.
Oceanic/Maritime:
Month-to-Month Almanac for the Pacific Northwest: This monthly planner includes suggestions both on planting times and harvest times, with handy suggestions to help you eat local organic produce year round.
Beginner’s Guide to Gardening in the Northwest当前位置ParentMap为太平洋西北部的园艺提供了简单而详细的想法。找到建议的种植时间,推荐的蔬菜清单,以及关于土壤,间距等的提示。
Puget Sound Garden Timetable
Suggested planting times inland of the Puget Sound, based on historic frost and maximum temps in the area.
Continental/Prairie:
Cold Climate Vegetable Timeline
Colder climates have significantly shorter growing times than other areas. One great feature of this resource is the “weeks to harvest” reminder on each crop type.
Fall Planting Guide
具体情况取决于你的耐寒地区,但许多草原气候可以生产大量的秋季蔬菜。
Extending the Growing Season for Cold Climate Gardening
With advice so successful people have purchased it twice, “Cold-Climate Gardening: How to Extend Your Growing Season by at Least 30 Days” was originally written in 1987 and still rates highly today with customers in both Alaska and New England.
Mediterranean/Coastal:
Seasonal Garden Bed Preparation
如何在温暖的气候中种植花园。详细说明不同季节需要的不同步骤。
How to Plant a Southern California Vegetable Garden
Erik Knutzen is a well-respected homestead writer, and he doesn’t disappoint in this resource-filled veggie how-to blog post.
Southern California Organic Gardening
This updated classic includes month-by-month planning and color photos.
Subtropical/Humid:
Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
佛罗里达大学为这个湿热地区提供了非常具体的种植指南。The guide also addresses factors like pest control without pesticides and soil pH.
Florida Vegetable Planting Calendar
Without needing to check a climate zone map, this guide provides handy planting advice city by city.
Georgia Vegetable Chart
True to its southern climate, this Georgia planting calendar has both spring and fall planting dates.
Jaime Lanndansays
凯恩,这是一个非常棒的网站!
brendasays
From the article, i know appropriate time is good for planting. So, when we plan to plant, we should follow the time.
Katharinesays
Looking forward to checking these out as I plan for the upcoming season (albeit a bit late?). Just FYI… having trouble with the zukeeni link; it isn’t “safe”.
Leigha Staffenhagensays
Hi Katharine!
看起来Zukeeni现在好像是一个聪明的园丁。我已经更新了文章的链接。园艺快乐!
Leigha