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This morning I got my seeds together and sorted them out into sowing order, plus I fialised my sowing and planting out charts. see here;


Ready for sorting; http://tinyurl.com/3x9z8a

Sorted in sowing order; http://tinyurl.com/2kuyut

MPage one of four of my sowing plan; http://tinyurl.com/2wdcc9

My planting out plan; http://tinyurl.com/36y6wx

One column equals a bed, plus I can see at a glance how many I need sow/prick out.

OMG where's my <swoons in admiration> smiley  ;)  ;D  You're so much more organised that we are, I thought I was doing well too!  :-\

May I ask, what's on your sowing & planting out plans - is it a log of when you intend to sow/transplant each crop?  We've done a list of what crops are going in what beds, but i've no idea about when we're going to sow each one yet?

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Quote; i've no idea about when we're going to sow each one yet?

What I do is get all my seeds together as in pic1

I then list them alphabetically in a 'data base'

I then go to the alphabetic index on my website; http://tinyurl.com/yn57zu and check up on the sowing / cutting date for each.

Once this is done I do a 'data base filter' to put the seeds into sowing / cutting order.

Then I print it off (pic 3)

Then I sort the packets out into sowing order (pic 2)

Pic 4 is a graphic plan of my allotments.

I use one column per bed and a row per row of plants.

I also mark how many plants per row so that I know how many plants to prick out.

I generally add a few more for possible losses.

I find this save me growing on more than I need meaning I save on,time, compost and coldframe space.

Think I may have to start sorting -  ???

have got seeds but still checking the details on the packets and trying to work out how much space is going to be needed - also what of everything will I want to grow ??  ie how many onions do or did we eat in a year ???

No wonder your allotment is picture perfect TG.  Impressive and organised.

Fantastic organisation TG  :)

I do the sorting and the date-order, but when it comes to planting I just go out and chuck 'em all in!

Funnily enough, Jack (my FIL) had the 'big talk' with me today about planting PRECISELY. There was even talk about having a stick with measurements on it for the potatoes  8)

He'd love to meet you and complain about me  ;D If you fancy a trip to Nottingham it would probably lower his blood pressure!

Wow TG

This is my first year with a vegetable patch and I spend over six hours yesterday trying to sort out my seeds and I am still confused.  I found a mini Vegetable Expert book that I had forgotten I had, looked up each vegetable that was applicable and then wrote (I thought) instructions for each on a mini calender.  I then tried to transfer this information onto a hand written chart.  What I nightmare, I realised that I had missed out loads of information.

I am ok on a spread sheet, and having viewed your very concise website I will now start again and hopefully get a more acurate plan!  I am a bit of a 'list' person so this is ideal for me.  Just one question, where I live the climate is much like the Scilly Isles so we can apparently plant early (good being as excited as I am).  I understand from the Vegetable Guide that planting times have to be adjusted for your area.  Which part of the UK does your websites planting times refer to?

I am very glad that I read this post!

Quote; I understand from the Vegetable Guide that planting times have to be adjusted for your area.  Which part of the UK does your websites planting times refer to?

It is all here; http://tinyurl.com/y57avq

Tee Gee he hav all the bases covered! :o
So pleased to have all this information in the Almanac Tee Gee, and so generous of you to share it :)