Garden 2014 pt 2

I picked up the trellis material. It is much bigger than I pictured in my head even though the lady told me the dimensions. It is flimsier too. Luckily it has 1x4 pieces of wood every 2 ft to give it some structure. I'm not sure how it's going to work for trellises but if I can't find a way I'm sure I'll find another use for it.

I also updated my garden plan after some more planning/research. I'm really trying to meet my goal of being more prepared this year. To do this I have the drawn plan like I posted in my last garden post, but I also have an excel spreadsheet with multiple pages. I have one page for the crops we want to grow, when to start them indoors, when to start them under a row cover, when to transplant them outside, and any notes on that crop like succession planting, watering requirements, etc. The next page has some notes on how to rotate plants. The third and fourth pages are the first page broken down into spring and fall. Then I have a record of what we grew in 2013 and where. For my 2014 page I broke it out by months and what I need to do and when in each month. I also put a note on my calendar for each of these days that says "garden" to remind me to see what I'm supposed to be doing. For example Mar 14 it says to start my eggplants, tomatoes, leeks, and ground cherries indoors. The last page has my boxes laid out with each square foot assigned a number. So one box looks like this. I then put the number of the square something will get planted into next to it on my calendar. For example, May 15 says "basil (98-101)" which means on that day I'll plant basil in boxes 98, 99, 100, and 101. This way even if I lose my hand drawing I will still know my plan. This also allows me to remember where I planted what in previous years so I can rotate appropriately.

97	105	113	121
98	106	114	122
99	107	115	123
100	108	116	124
101	109	117	125
102	110	118	126
103	111	119	127
104	112	120	128