Issue 04

The Garden Journal

Four seasonal issues · Practical science
Clark J. Madsen
Vegetable garden

Issue 04 · The Plan & the Plot

Plant what you will eat. Time what you will harvest.

A working garden plan, crop calendar, and variety notes from the original files.

In this issue

“A garden is a poor place to experiment with your likes and dislikes; grocery stores are great for that.”

My Garden Plan

Planting windows (temperate home plot)

Staggered crops spread harvest labor across the season.

MarAprMay JunJul Peas Early roots Warm crops Beets harvest Early March peas · late March roots · April transplants · July beet window
From the garden plan and crops workbook: plant what you will eat, and time harvests so fall preservation is not a two-week panic.
Dad's garden
Layout reference from the family plot

Source material drawn from MD Hub Knowledge Base Garden (id 64). Magazine presentation for The Garden Journal.