There are many sources to good gardening, including the information from Advocate newspaper, many books, the internet and local nurseries. You may use any information contained herein with a grain of salt. If it makes sense try it or not. So far I have been very lucky in producing a very large harvest of most things that I plant. I haven't had that much success or experience with planting seeds as starter plants as yet but I'm working on the seed issue. I have a small greenhouse and working on a much larger one for my winter garden. I'm really tired of loosing my plants to freezing weather, and not much help from the weather guessers. My procedure for doing most anything is thinking about what I'm starting to do. After much thought or procrastination, I usually lay out the garden with my computer using a spread sheet and some type of drawing program. This way usually keeps me on track of what I'm trying to do. (I'm very busy with trying to make a living) So without a structured plan, I would be in trouble before starting.

 

This Spring  MY plan is: (Follow at your own risk!) weather depending. As the saying goes to wet to plow!

 
  • Hope to  plant potato's  by the 15th of Feb 08 - done
  • Beets by the 15th of Feb 08 - done
  • Bell peppers about the 15th of Mar 08 - done
  • Pole beans about the 15th of Mar 08 - 1/2 done
  • Sweet Corn about the 10th of Mar 08 - done
  • Squash about the 15th of Mar 08
  • Tomatoes about the 10th of Mar 08 - done
     

 

 

                                                               
October 07 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Cabbage,Cali,Broc                                                              
November 07 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30  
Onions                                                              
Date Planted                                                                    
Feb 08   S S           S S           S S           S S              
Freeze day in Red    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29    
Potatoes                                                              
Carrots                                                              
Cabbage Plants                                                              
Lettuce                                                              
Broccoli