I think everyone wants to garden...either a little or a LOT! One of the things about doing large scale gardening is to PLAN! And pretty far in advance too. I thought I would share a weekly post on what I am (and you can be) doing to get ready for the official beginning of gardening season (the last Frost date.) Here in central Ohio (zone 5b) our average last frost date is April 30.
This week and next are fun weeks in that you should be looking trough all your seed catalogs, websites and dreaming of warmer weather. Decide the seeds / plants you want to plant and get them ordered. Or know that your local hardware stores and nurseries will have seeds and plants starting around the April beginning of May.
Below is a chart if you are wanting to grow enough to can for you family for the whole year. Or maybe you just plant a few pots on your patio. Either way...DIRT THERAPY is Great!
| Crops | Harvest Needed (lbs) | Row Length (ft) | Plants Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 24 | 6 | |
| 8 | 27 | 18 | |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 12 | 48 | 144 | |
| 12 | 24 | 18 | |
| 60 | 50 | 150 | |
| 60 | 40 | 80 | |
| 60 | 120 | 144 | |
| 14 | 10 | 60 | |
| 12 | 10 | 15 | |
| 32 | 32 | 22 | |
| 24 | 32 | 22 | |
| 60 | 40 | 27 | |
| 40 | 40 | 48 | |
| 36 | 36 | 24 | |
| 16 | 27 | 41 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 100 | 125 | 94 | |
| 32 | 27 | 14 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | 16 | 10 | |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 4 | 16 | 32 | |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | 8 | 16 | |
| 4 | 9 | 27 | |
| 24 | 48 | 42 | |
| 24 | 22 | 7 | |
| 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 32 | 32 | 96 | |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 12 | 12 | 36 | |
| 12 | 30 | 90 | |
| 12 | 20 | 15 | |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 40 | 40 | 12 | |
| 8 | 20 | 60 | |
| 16 | 16 | 48 | |
| 6 | 5 | 10 | |
| 12 | 30 | 30 | |
| 40 | 27 | 14 | |
| 24 | 24 | 9 | |
| 52 | 38 | 23 | |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | |
| 12 | 15 | 18 | |
| 96 | 96 | 39 | |
| 68 | 46 | 35 | |
| 20 | 27 | 54 | |
| 48 | 24 | 5 |
