Planning Your Veg Garden – Part 5 My Vegetable Plan & Seed List

Posted on 20. Mar, 2010 by Tracey in Veg Plan

If you have missed any previous Parts of my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series, please start here: Part 1 – Grouping Vegetables Types or find all Parts of the Series plus free downloads on my Free Resources page.

Part 5 – My Vegetable Plan and Seed List includes a bumper 4 Free Downloads! these will inspire, encourage and help you on your way to sowing your first seed in a well planned and thought out vegetable garden.

My downloads contain my colourful vegetable plot plan designed on PlanGarden.com (Part 3b), completed Seed List (Part 4) and quick glance vegetable plan with sowing notes (Part 5), all in printable formats so you can download and keep.

Vegetable Seed Highlights

The following list is some of the best vegetables I’ll be growing this year and my reasons for choosing to sow them. Click on the vegetable varieties for more details on the seeds and where to buy them.

1. Beetroot – Moneta from The Organic Gardening Catalogue.
   Sow: February to July
   Harvest: July to November
   Reasons to Grow: Seeds can be sown early and one seed equals one plant which means no thinning is required if you plant them at spaced intervals. Some beetroot seeds are clusters of 3-4 seeds in one pellet, which if all germinate need to be thinned at a later stage.
2. Broccoli – Spike from The Organic Gardening Catalogue.
   Sow: April – May
   Harvest: August – September
   Reasons to Grow: Purple sprouting broccoli crops in 4 – 5 months, cropping lasts weeks.
3. Carrot – White Kuttiger from The Organic Gardening Catalogue.
   Sow: May – August
   Harvest: August – November
   Reasons to Grow: White Carrot, mild flavour and long storage ability.
4. Chard – Golden from The Real Seed Catalogue.
   Sow: March – September
   Harvest: June – February
   Reasons to Grow: Bright yellow stems, vigorous, perfect for home gardens, good flavour.


Reddy Spinach

5. Lettuce – Flame from The Real Seed Catalogue.
   Sow: March – August
   Harvest: May – September
   Reasons to Grow: Pale green leaves turn redder as plant gets bigger, slow bolting.
6. Lettuce – Crisp Mint from The Real Seed Catalogue.
   Sow: March – August
   Harvest: May – September
   Reasons to Grow: Bright intensive green rosettes, crunchy crisp unusual lettuce.
7. Mange Tout – Golden Sweet from The Real Seed Catalogue.
   Sow: April – May
   Harvest: June – August
   Reasons to Grow: Purple flowers, lovely yellow pods, tall plants, crisp flavour.
8. Spinach – Reddy from The Organic Gardening Catalogue.
   Sow: March to June
   Harvest: June to September
   Reasons to Grow: Sweet flavoured oval leaves with red stems.
9. Sweet Pepper – Tequilla Sunrise from The Organic Gardening Catalogue.
   Sow: January to March under glass, plant out April to June
   Harvest: August to October
   Reasons to Grow: Long pointed fruits, yellow to golden orange in colour.
10. Tomato – Yellow Centiflor from The Real Seed Catalogue.
    Sow: February – April
    Harvest: July – November
    Reasons to Grow: New Centiflor vine tomatoes which have branched trusses up to 1-2 foot long with masses of flowers. Produces small pear shaped fruit on mass. Plants reach 1 foot tall. Fruit sweet.

Free Resources

iGrowVeg Vegetable Plot Plan 2010

iGrowVeg Veg Plan 2010

Description:
My vegetable plot plan covers 3 different sowing periods – January to April, April to July and August to December. Please view the January to April Plan to see what I’ll be sowing and harvesting in March/April.

iGrowVeg Veg Plot Plan 2010
File Size: 120 KB.

View before downloading here: iGrowVeg Veg Plot Plan 2010

Produce your own colourful vegetable plan online, read more in my Part 3b – Creating a Plan Online or
Go back to basics and sketch your plan on paper, here’s how in Part 3a – Drawing a Vegetable Plan.

iGrowVeg Vegetable Seed List 2010

iGrowVeg Seed List 2010

Description:
This is my chosen list of Vegetable Seeds with details of varieties, seed company, cost of seed, quantity and sow and harvest months.

iGrowVeg Seed List 2010
File Size: 48 KB.

View before downloading here: iGrowVeg Seed List 2010



Download my Free Seed List Template and read more in Part 4 – Choosing Your Seeds.

iGrowVeg Quick Glance Vegetable Plan with Sowing Notes (1)

iGrowVeg's Quick Glance Veg Plan 2010

Description:
My Quick Glance Vegetable Plan is a convenient reference point which I can take into the garden to remind me what has been sown where and what is to be sown next. This is Part 1. Part 2 will be released in April, Part 3 in August.

iGrowVeg Quick Glance Veg Plan 2010
File Size: 76 KB.

View before downloading: iGrowVeg Quick Glance Veg Plan 2010

Quick Glance Vegetable Plan with Sowing Notes Template

Quick Glance Veg Plan Template

Description:
Use this Quick Glance Vegetable Plan Template to record what vegetables you want to grow in your raised bed, pots or containers. Note down sowing or harvesting comments and add your sowing dates so you can calculate your harvest dates. Place in a plastic wallet and its ready to accompany you to your vegetable garden.

Quick Glance Veg Plan Template
File Size: 60 KB.

View before downloading: Quick Glance Veg Plan Template



iGrowVeg – Planning your Vegetable Garden Series

• Part 1 – Grouping Vegetable Types and Crop Rotation,
• Part 2 – What Can I Grow?
• Part 3a – Drawing a Plan
• Part 3b – Creating a Plan Online
• Part 4 – Choosing your Seeds
• Part 5 – My Vegetable Plan and Seed List
• Part 6 – Putting Your Plan into Action
• Part 7 – Growing Winter Vegetables
• For Free PDF’s and Templates to accompany the series, please view my Free Resources.

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