Free Resources
I have created this page to enable you to download free templates, plans and documents which accompany my Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series. All documents are listed with a file type (like PDF or Excel) and File Size. Click on the Part Titles to view the original posts.
Planning Your Vegetable Garden Series
Part 1 – Grouping Vegetable Types and Crop Rotation
Part 1 Grouping Vegetable Types
Description:
This is the introduction to planning your own vegetable garden where the different types of vegetable groups (Brassicas, Legumes, Roots and Miscellaneous) are explained and how to incorporate them into your vegetable garden and crop rotation plans.
Part 1 – Grouping Vegetable Types and Crop Rotation
File Size: 1.1 MB.
Part 2 – What Can I Grow?
Part 2 What Can I Grow?
Description:
The second part of the series suggests what factors you will need to consider when choosing what vegetable you would like to grow and provides a comprehensive vegetables table with difficulty rating to help you choose very easy, easy, medium and tricky vegetables to try growing.
Part 2 – What Can You Grow?
File Size: 573 KB
Part 3a – Drawing a Plan
Veg Plan Excel Template
Veg Plan Excel Template
Description:
My Veg Plan Template offers an easy way to plan what you want to grow by using a current picture of your vegetable garden. Then by adding vegetable names, sow and harvest dates it is easy to work out a plan to fill the gaps and start spring sowings.
Veg Plan Template
File Size: 24KB
Don’t worry if you haven’t got Excel, you can view and edit excel spreadsheets for free in Google Documents or OpenOffice.
Part 3b – Creating a Plan Online
Online Vegetable Planning Software
Description:
This is an excellent web application to design, plan, manage and share your vegetable garden.
Platform: Online or download available for Windows and Mac’s.
Price: Free Trial Account for 45 Days with access to all features. Then $20 (approx £12.50) for 1 year or $36 (approx £23) for 3 years.
No of Users: Approx 12,000 Worldwide.
To view my full review of PlanGarden and see my Vegetable Garden Plan for 2010, please click here.
Part 4 – Choosing Your Seeds
Free Resource – Veg Seed List Excel Template
Seed List Template
Description:
Create a computer copy of your vegetable seed list so you can easily check what seeds you have chosen and automatically calculate the price of your seed orders. This template allows you to add and remove vegetable seeds so that you can make a final decision on price and seed variety to buy.
Veg Seed List Template
File Size: 20 KB
Don’t worry if you haven’t got Excel, you can view and edit excel spreadsheets for free in Google Documents or OpenOffice.
More Parts to Planning Your Vegetable Garden Coming Soon in 2010.
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