Planning and Record Keeping

I got my seeds from Fedco a while back. Once I have a list of seeds that I'm going to use then I have to make my plan. I already sketched out the garden before ordering the seeds so I would know what I wanted. My most important plan is my seed starting schedule. I need to know what has to start and when. I make it in my spreadsheet as then it calculates what the starting dates are. I tell my spreadsheet how far before or after the first frost date the plants should be planted out and also how many weeks I want to grow the transplants.

For instance I will say that I want my tomatoes to be four week old at transplant time and I want to transplant them one week after my last frost date. It knows my last frost date is May 1st (though here it might be different, time will tell). From that it calculates for me that I want to start my seeds on April 10th and get them in the garden on May 8th.

This seed starting list has all my different varieties and tells me how many soil blocks of each to start. It also has rows for what actually happened. The number, the dates are all just estimates. I'll still do what I think best at the time.

There are two parts to my list. The first is the indoor transplant schedule. The second is the outdoor schedule. These are seeds that are mostly directly seeded into the garden. I occasionally decided to start a couple of them inside for a week or two to get them started. Like squash are often done that way, but not always. I'm guessing because of the size of the garden I won't do many indoors that aren't on the list. I may even decide to do my cucumbers direct seeded this time. Usually I don't as the slug eat them down before they are really up.

Plant	Name	In	Out	#	Actual In	Actual #	Actual Out
Onion	Ailsa Craig	2/6	4/17
Onion	Copra	2/6	4/17
Onion	Evergreen Hardy White/Scallion	2/6	4/17
Onion	Red Wing	2/6	4/17
Onion	Varisty	2/6	4/17
Leek	King Sieg	2/20	4/17
Parsley	Krausa	2/20	4/17	4
Lettuce	Deer Tongue	2/27	3/20	12
Lettuce	Little Gem Romaine	2/27	3/20	12
Lettuce	Paris Island	2/27	3/20	12
Lettuce	Red Sails	2/27	3/20	12
Flowers	Dianthus Rainbow Loveliness Mix	3/6	5/1	6
Herbs	Broadleaf Sage	3/6	5/1	4
Asian Greens	Komatsuna	3/13	4/3	4
Asian Greens	Purple Mizuna	3/13	4/3	6
Asian Greens	Tatsoi	3/13	4/3	10
Asian Greens	Yokatta-Na	3/13	4/3	6
Broccoli	Packman	3/13	4/10	6
Broccoli	Piracicaba	3/13	4/10	6
Broccoli	Windsor	3/13	4/10	6
Cabbage	Ruby Perfection	3/13	4/10	3
Celery	Redventure	3/13	5/22	6
Chard	Argentata	3/13	4/3	12
Chard	Rubarb	3/13	4/3	12
Flowers	Alyssum Carpet of Snow	3/13	5/1	10
Kale	Mix	3/13	4/10
Asian Greens	Chinese Cabbage Rubicon	3/20	4/17	2
Asian Greens	Chinese Kale	3/20	4/10	6
Asian Greens	Choy Sum	3/20	4/10	10
Asian Greens	Fun Jen	3/20	4/10	5
Asian Greens	Michihili	3/20	4/17	2
Asian Greens	Shanghai Bok Choy	3/20	4/10	12
Asian Greens	White Stem Bok Choy	3/20	4/10	12
Flowers	Forget-Me-Nots	3/20	5/1	6
Flowers	Ground Control Marigold	3/20	5/1	8
Herbs	Greek Oregano	3/20	5/1	3
Herbs	Sweet Marjoram	3/20	5/1	3
Kohlrabi	Kollbri	3/20	4/3	7
Herbs	Cumin	3/20	5/15	27
Flowers	Achillea Cerise Queen	4/3	5/1	4
Flowers	Borage	4/3	4/24	4
Flowers	Rudbeckia Goldsturm	4/3	5/1	4
Flowers	State Fair Zinnia	4/3	5/15	15
Herbs	Basil Genova	4/3	5/8	6
Pepper	Anaheim	4/3	5/15	5
Pepper	Big Chili II F1	4/3	5/15	5
Pepper	Carmen	4/3	5/15	10
Pepper	Cayenne	4/3	5/15	3
Pepper	Chocolate	4/3	5/15	10
Pepper	Early Jalapeno	4/3	5/15	5
Pepper	Feherozon	4/3	5/15	5
Pepper	Hawaiian Chili	4/3	5/15	2
Pepper	Krimzon Spice	4/3	5/15	5
Pepper	Serrano	4/3	5/15	5
Pepper	Tabasco	4/3	5/15	5
Tomatillo	Verde Puebla Sport	4/3	5/15	3
Eggplant	Galine	4/10	5/22	4
Tomato	Amish Paste	4/10	5/8	3
Tomato	Cherokee Purple	4/10	5/8	4
Tomato	Chocolate Cherry	4/10	5/8	2
Tomato	Heinz 2653	4/10	5/8	12
Tomato	Market Miracle	4/10	5/8	4
Tomato	Sun Gold	4/10	5/8	2
Tomato	Sungold F4	4/10	5/8	2
Tomato	Pruden's Purple	4/10	5/8	2
Cucumber	Diamant	4/24	5/15	10
Cucumber	Little Leaf	4/24	5/8	10
Muskmelon	Halona	5/1	5/15	10
Lettuce	Anuenue	5/10	6/10	15
Lettuce	Jericho	5/10	6/10	15
Lettuce	Manoa	5/10	6/10	15
Beans, Fava	Windsor	3/20
Carrot	Mokum	3/20
Carrot	Purple Haze	3/20
Carrot	SugarSnax	3/20
Greens	Golden Corn Salad	3/20
Herbs	Bodegold Chamomile	3/20
Pea Snap	Cascadia	3/20
Pea Snow	Blizzard	3/20
Pea, Snow	Golden Sweet	3/20
Radish	French Breakfast	3/20
Radish	White Icicle	3/20
Spinach	Olympia	3/20
Spinach	Space	3/20
Turnip	Oasis	3/20
Turnip	Tokyo Market	3/20
Herbs	Caribe Cilantro	4/3
Flowers	Sunflowers Mixed	4/10
Flowers	Jewel Mix Nasturtium	4/17
Corn Sweet	Shasa	5/1
Corn Sweet	Spring Treat	5/1
Flowers	Lemon Queen Sunflower	5/1
Greens	New Zealand Spinach	5/1
Bean	Fortex	5/15
Bean	Kentucky Wonder Wax	5/15
Bean	Red Yard Long	5/15
Bean	Yard Long	5/15
Bean, Dried	Aunt Jean's Pole	5/15
Bean, Dried	Borlotto Linguia di Fuoco	5/15
Bean, Dried	Cherokee Trail of Tears	5/15
Bean, Dried	Lazy Housewife	5/15
Bean, Dried	Ottawa Cranberry	5/15
Bean, Dried	Petaluma Gold Rush	5/15
Bean, Dried	Rattlesnake	5/15
Bean, Dried	Turkey Craw	5/15
Bean, Dried	Yellow	5/15
Bean, Runner	Painted Lady	5/15
Bean, Runner	Scarlet Emperor	5/15
Bean, Shell	Soisson Vert	5/15
Beet	Early Wonder Tall Top	5/15
Squash	Costata Romanesca	5/15
Squash	Raven	5/15
Squash	Waltham	5/15