Planning Next Year's Garden From Start to Finish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2020
- Many of you have asked me to upload a video of me planning my garden. So I figured why not bring you all along. I am planning this year's garden and I figured I would also include some tips and pointers as well.
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The intro made me think he was going to say "this is what date night looks like in the MIGardener household. Garden planning!"
Same
I like writing it all down. I find that the internet is great for specific information but I tend to COLLECT information instead of absorbing it, if that makes sense. I end up saving the information for later so I can “ collect “ more. It’s a rabbit hole. Pencil and paper has never failed me so far.
I like to draw out my garden beds on paper too. First I make a list of everything I want to grow, then I try to squeeze it all into the spots I have open. 😆
This is so neat... I've never seen anyone take this approach to garden planning. (Yeah... I agree... I probably need to get out more!!! LOL) At any rate... my property doesn't easily lend itself to a more "structured" approach, but the principles you're communicating are definitely transferrable. Thanks so much!
I use a combo of technology and paper. The technology end is not an app. It's a document that I created for my area reminding what to do each month. Also, I created a spreadsheet with a list of plants and an annual calendar divided into half-month columns to record when plants were sown and when they were ready for harvest. This record helps me the next year to set times to sow again.
Coming from the perspective of a beginner gardener, I found this to very helpful. Thank you.
Perfect timing. We had a cold front come through and today is cold, wet and rainy so my outside plans are halted so I am planning the garden today instead. Just need the candles lit. Toasting my coffee to you for productive year.
Furiously taking notes...😅 we are planning our first garden now. We have watched your vermiculture videos. You've been a great influence on our homestead!
Honestly I'm the same. I've got countless notebooks around the house I plan out everything on, from grocery lists to monthly budgets, to future planning like garden ploting ❤️
Cheers for the video content! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Saankramer Breathtaking Design System (should be on google have a look)? It is a great exclusive guide for learning how to design an amazing dream landscape minus the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my work buddy after many years got great success with it.
Even though this video is 3 years old I was psyched to see it on kindle unlimited so awesome!
Thank you for the graph paper printouts. Such a great tool.
I agree on the old paper and pen. I still use hand written lists and whatnot. There's nothing like a paper book as opposed to ebooks.
Thank you so much for all the great garden tips and ideas.😀
I actually thought there was a lot of substance here. Really enjoyed the video.
Also hope to make a raised garden bed like yours this year and I hope to learn a lot from the vast backlog of your video library! My kids and myself thank you so much for all your knowledge ❤️❤️❤️
Rushra Leoli this is the place to be to learn gardening tips! Luke is a great teacher!
Yesss!! I started my rough draft yesterday. I only have 11 raised beds so I have to thoughtfully plan out exactly what we will eat and preserve and grow high intensity, like Luke!! ❤❤
I love the crackling of the wood wicks.
@migardener thank you so much for this video. This is my 3rd year gardening, and your video is the most helpful I’ve seen.
I love doing this. Preparing helps get me through winter. Can't wait for winter to be over
Me too! We're in zone 4 and have lots of snow on the ground the end of November to March, and then we get a huge snowstorm in April and sometimes *May*... . Planning my gardens during the long, cold winter is my sanity!!!
Luke you did it again. Great video. I LOVED the music, and the candle, coffee cup intro. It set a wonderful mood. I am also a paper and pencil planner. Your passion for gardening came through with your planning, taking into consideration the shadow play throughout the day. A great tip for beginners. I don't know how you juggle it all and stay sane. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great videos. Happy Spring!
I appreciate all the mistakes you have saved me from!!! Thank you for doing this!!
Love the music very relaxing
I absolutely love this!
Thank you so much for your video's. I have been binge watching them for the past couple of days. I am not a good gardener. Have tried and still try every year. I have a feeling this year will be the year of good gardening. Maybe I will get my gardener grammy. Thanks for giving me some confidence and knowledge that will help me with my gardening goals this year.
This video is therapy in itself❤
I have mine planned too. Including the ones in all sorts of containers. Will try few new plants this year. Thanks for sharing. Simplicity is the best in most times.
Thank you for the grid paper link. It was very helpful 😊
I love to plan my garden every winter. I go out for a walk and stop each time and think about how the next year will look. Maybe I will try putting it on paper this winter. :)
I love this video. Super helpful for a visual person like me. I have had such a hard time visualizing my garden. Thanks again :)
Thank you for sharing you excellent knowledge and insight into garden planning. I will check out your book. Keep up the great work and videos.
I did not think that planning was going to be interestin, but was driving and could not change the video. THEN, wow. Just what I needed to know!!! Thanks Excellent information.
You make it so easy, for a new gardener (second year).
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing🤗
I’m doing the same right now, I’m a planner and love structure as well.
I'm learning so much Thank you. I can only do containers UNFORTUNATELY. I'm actually growing garlic right now. But IDK if it will be ok. I keep remembering your comment in one of your vlog that be patient so I'm trying. I can't wait until the spring to start over and try again. So again thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Sincerely Michelle, Pup Harley and Kitty Liam Arlington Massachusetts.
Dreary and wet here in Berrien County as well. Love your show!!! Michigan Gardening!!! Yes.
Same here is PA!
I thought at first we were going on a date! LOL! Thanks for the video. I'm going from a 4 tomato plant patch to a 20'x7' garden this year and I have really learned a lot from my mistakes and of course, your videos! I had been wondering what kinds of tools to use to help me plan this year and so I thank you for the tips! Sounds like I should invest in your book too. This rookie needs all the help she can get!
Loved this Luke! Thanks-Kristy in Missouri 😀
I think it takes many years of trial and error to find the best layout for your garden. It has for us anyway! Still need to perfect it 5 years in
With My Hands Homestead year 4 for me and I agree... Lots of trial and error but also lots of lessons learned. Good luck and I wish you an abundant year!
Sometimes, even though the soil tests the same in different spots and the light is the same, something will grow better in a certain spot versus another. There is this one spot in my front garden, same soil, same lighting, but it is the only place banana peppers do well. They don't just do well in that spot, they take off and produce like crazy. The only way to find that out was trial and error. I'm on year eight of gardening at the house where I built my first permanent garden and there is always something to improve.
Loved this video. Thanks!
I use graft paper, too. It makes allowing for specific spacing much easier & keeps my "garden dreams" to a more realistic level!! Then I know if I have space leftover or, more often, if I've run out of space entirely.
Sound in The beginning reminds me of mr rogers
Very helpful advice. Thank you.
Thanks for a great video 🙏🏼
Thanks for the tips! I learned a lot!
Companion planting is always a good idea. The more plants in one spot the better. There is strong evidence that the more types of plants in one spot only improves the rewards of having multiple plants in one place
I'm in zone 9a, the Colorado Desert near the Salton Sea, so we're planting veg & flowers now .. let's see what turnips💜
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Yeah me too with this milder weather we are having I was thinking to start seedlings indoors in the 2nd week of faburary just like I did last year but probably I am going to wait until march to start seedlings
Call me old fashioned, but I draw mine out every year as well. I date the sheet, put it in my blue garden binder. I also during this time rewalk my planting area as well as observe the sun coming up and down over the area from my upstair window (this way I get a good view of the garden and how the sun hits it) do to my neighbors tree sometimes hang over. Overall, I plan every year as if it where the first, and what can and can't be planted due to any hindrances such as trees and shadows.
I do the same! 😃
Excellent info on garden planning
That's a great mug. I love a good mug.
I got your book in my local library system.🙂
Love this video
I had this same idea to draw it out this way but I doubt myself. It's nice to confirm with you. I'll have pictures on your channel next year. Gonna try and grow everything I like minus fruit trees. The fruit trees are a few years down the road.
Solid post. Thanks
cheers from my coffee to yours
So ready in Grand Haven.
I love your videos I learn so much from awesome video thank you
Every year I lay things out before growing early Spring on paper, never ends up the same way by Summer LOL. Then there is whole factor of second or third succession seeds just go where there is space based on if right time of the season for particular variety of plant. Still good idea to lay out plans in writing to at least start the season. Always look back at past failures and successes is where I find the best way to learn for the next year.
awesome. counted sun in winter. so now i know to multiply it by 2 for summer. phew! i was stressing about where to put my fruiting plants.
I've been doing garden planning since 3 yrs.But 1st I order my seeds in November when the Migardener seed store opens for the season .December is the month of planning and January is the season of starting seeds.Early bird gets the seeds in the Migardener store if not need to wait.Such a huge demand you have because of 100% seed germination and varieties in your store.
Very interesting
I think I'm going to purchase your book. Also, I enjoy your layout. Try adding times to ur shadow casts. 👍
I always love me a good candle burning, I got some lavender burning when I can. Anything that feels more like spring will well... bring spring early right?
Luke I love your scientific terminology as in oopsie, your talking my language!
Love the intro! I nearly forgot that I made coffee until you mentioned it.
One thing I would really like to see is AA to Z quick layout Of flower gardens because some grow so tall you may be growing a taller plant in front and it should be in the back it really stresses me to try and figure this all out so I was hoping you had a shortcut
I've been keeping gardening journals since 2004!! Has the weather ever changed!! So each year I rotate vegetables.
I really like the style of this video to help visualize how to plan out a garden. As a beginner, I'm not at all familiar with what vegetables grow well next to each other or don't (besides what I've seen so far in your vids). I've been going through your videos trying to take in as much as I can but this definitely helps to see a few things mentioned that can be planted in the same beds. I think the bed layouts is what I'm most confused on still. It seems a lot of vegetables thrive better in their own beds, but if we don't need a whole 48 sq ft. amount of just that one vegetable it's good to see what other things can work in the same bed. I have the space to do some long beds like 8-12 ft but would definitely want to utilize the space with a few different foods if possible. I'm not sure if I've just not found the video that covers this yet.. but I'd be interested to see a video similar to this kind of garden mapping... but for beginners and giving maybe suggestions of foods which would work near to each other or in the same beds.. and what's definitely a no-no.
OK well I paused to write this and now I heard the ending but I still am thinking maybe even a little compatible veg vid would be helpful to complete beginners haha
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Really nice, relaxing but informative video. I found it very helpful. You didn't mention planting peas or potatoes?
You can tell when someone is a parent...pencils are good for OOPSIES 😉😋
LOL yep!
I thought the same exact thing! LOL
The garden planner on farmers almanac is the best garden planer i have found if ur into using tech for planning, it implaments all the points MIgardener has done in this video as well as additional features, works really well if u have small space and need to maximize space used (not available on mobile/tablets yet) Q; how much walking space do you have for your beds? Im doing a garden from scratch and your spaceing seems to be perfect. And is the walkway down the middle larger than what u have inbetween beds?
I do the same but on my PC so I can file them and review for next year plus it means I can create a template and just use that each year. Plus I print it out and make any changes on the fly then update on the pc version
Do you plan then put it down for a few days and come back to it, giving it a fresh look and making potential changes? I know I find that helpful. I keep my herbs in pots ... many over winter (especially if wind protected and against a heat retaining wall of the house) and then I can move them around as needed.
I like the paper and pencil route and i do it myself also.Watching this video question popped in my mind and it's about your new trellises ,what are you going to plant by them?
ok i don't have very much OCD but that candle and tea is way to close to the paper for my taste. lol left a like! great info.
I diverted to an online garden planner last year. It was supposed to help me space my plants properly, know when to put them in the ground, and align things with the sun to get optimal light. What a huge waste of time, money, and my garden in general. I ended up doing things I knew better...just because i relied on this software. Like seriously, why would anyone plant peppers directly north of indeterminate tomatoes??? (The answer is because that person doesn't want to actually harvest peppers that year.) Back to paper this year!!
That intro music is great, anyone know who it is?
Nearly 70 here in tx today
Could you please add geographic direction arrows next time. Thanks!
Have you done a video on sun intensity? I too have shadows on some of my garden because I worry about the Kale in the sun because of the sun’s intensity and having sunburnt plants.
NEVER CLICKED ON A VIDEO SO FAST! :)
Super simple, love it Luke. Do u think it’s also unimportant planting combatant plants together?
Will you be growing pole beans or bush beans for the beans that you mentioned?
this is where flower gardeners get a break. no planning at all as perennials and self seeding annuals (and some random volunteers) all come up wherever they darn well please. the rest is all editing. easy for me. If I like it, I keep it. otherwise, compost. don't be fussy.
My garden is all sun and no shade. My problem is high winds. I am thinking of adding some wind screen which will add some shade in. Couple of areas. Thanks for the video.
Check into shade cloth as this will help protect your plants from getting baked
I've always factored in morning shade vs. afternoon shade. When I look at this, my first though is you're putting the lettuce where it will be shaded in the cooler morning, but get full hot afternoon sun. Am I overly obsessive for worrying about this??
Can u do a flower gardening outline like this?????
Wonder if anyone would use an MI Gardener-approved Grow Journal of some kind for outlining and tracking their gardening activities? That would be cool companion workbook to The Autopilot Garden book by Luke. YEah!
Lmao I like how you bust out an architecture ruler XD
As far as companion planting, I am interested in what plant will “help” with fighting off bugs for certain plants.
I just started reading a book called carrots love tomatoes and so far it has been very helpful with that. If you have a local library that is connected to an app called overdrive, u can check it out and read it on your phone
Louise Riotte also has a second book Roses Love Garlic. I've read both and implemented many of the suggestions in my garden. Also Good Bug Bad Bug by Jessica Walliser is a great resource on identifying what bugs are in your garden, with a resource list of beneficial insect companies to keep your garden healthy and organic! Hope this helps and Happy Gardening!
No potatoes or onions this year ? Love your book :)
I know this may sound like the crazies question but what material is you cup made out of. & where can I get that. They remind me of cups my mom had back in the day.
Thanks for your videos, I really am learning a lot, & can't wait to start planting.
I to have been planning my 2021 garden year 2 for gardening. But before I can place even 1 plant in the garden I have to amend the soil as my tomatoes had np flavor to them. So I was listening to Dave the Good on 1 of his taste testing video and realized it is not my imagination that my tomatoes really had no flavor The store bought one were better. I know I'm wearing the hat of shame by producing such poor tomatoes. but in my defense this was my 1ft year of growing in my new raised beds. So if you could share you garden amendment process that would help me a lot.
Thank you for the layout video. Question Re: shadows and cattle panels. What will you be planting at the base of the panels, and are you concerned about the shadows that the cattle panels will cast on the beds to the north of them?
I have the same questiom
Hi Luke, this was very helpful. I'm in Zone 5 - your neighbor in Indiana. I plan to start seedlings this year. The only space I have is in a barn. Its heated to about 55 degrees. Should I get a little green house to put inside the barn and put my tomatoes and peppers in there on heat mats? Will that help increase the temperature for them in the greenhouse?
Thank you,
Lori
I’m sure I over looked it on the website but I didn’t find where to get a catalog if you offer one?
You get 20 tomato plants in a 10x4 bed?! That's amazing! I was worried about getting 8 in my 4x8 bed! So, I could get 10 in comfortable even with indeterminate tomato plants?
Why is putting tomatoes next to eachother a recipe for disaster?
Bud I haven't followed you for years I have a quick question I did not know how to contact you I live in Northeast Ohio when should I start my plants in the house and I really appreciate it and I love your Channel
Will have all day sun and for maybe two weeks its over 100 in the summer , what is best to grow
What do you grow before you can get tomatoes and peppers in the ground? Or after you harvested the garlic?