Seed and Garden Prep
- Rachel Hoppe
- Jan 11, 2023
- 2 min read
Making a Plan
Spring is right around the corner and it has me anticipating many wonderful days in my garden! As my routine on snowy winter days, I searched the pages of my Bakers creek magazine in pursuit of seeds and anxiously awaited their arrival. I am never disappointed when using their seeds and always have a great germination rate.
In the past, I have found it beneficial to map out last frost date, seed type, start date (indoors), days to germination, plant outdoor date, along with any other beneficial information, like indicating whether certain seeds need to be cold stratified! ( You can find more information on that in my blog post: Seeds and Germination: Stratifying Milkweed by clicking on the picture below). Recording start dates makes my spring flow smoothly and keeps me from getting too far behind!
We also sit down and map our garden for the coming year. We actually have a small, what I call, kitchen garden right behind the house, so it's essential that we map out seed and plant placement to utilize every nook and cranny!
The kids love getting involved with this aspect and they always give me some great ideas! Here at honey hill farm, we believe it's of great importance to get our children involved with growing our own food. There is a lot of preparation, organization, education, and cultivation that comes with planting and reaping the benefits! Its not simply sticking a seed in the ground!
So even though it's a tad too early to start your seeds, making a list and sketching out some garden plans will keep you motivated and focused! Please feel free to use this free PDF to create a catalog of your own seed types, start dates, and other information!
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