Plan the whole garden this winter

Dated from your own frost. A printable vegetable garden planner: what to grow, where each crop goes, and the week to do every job.

$732 pages, US Letter and A4

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One 12.9 MB zip. Or all three kits for $14, 3 for the price of 2.

  • 108 NOAA frost stations
  • 41 crops charted
  • Bed grids at 1 inch = 1 foot
The Winter Plan printed on US Letter: the cover and page 28, the spring week list
Page 28 is the spring week list.

Six of the 32 pages

As they print on US Letter. The A4 file holds the same pages.

Page 3: your frost anchors, with a week ruler to date
Your frost anchorsPage 3. Write your spring and fall dates once, then date the week ruler.
Page 7: spring countback chart for cool-season crops
Spring countback, cool cropsPage 7. Start, set-out and sowing weeks as bars, each with its letter.
Page 10: master chart of when to plant 41 crops
Master chart: whenPage 10. 41 crops: frost class, weeks, days to harvest, sources.
Page 17: a 4 by 8 foot bed plan at one inch to the foot
Bed plan, 4 × 8 ftPage 17. One inch on paper is one foot of bed.
Page 24: season calendar for January to March
Season calendarPage 24. Three months a page, with room in each day box.
Page 28: the spring week list
Spring week listPage 28. Each week's jobs, printed, with a line for the date.

All 32 pages, $7

Every page, in order

Your dates

  • 1Cover
  • 2How to use this plan, with a 15-minute route
  • 3Your frost anchors and week ruler
  • 4-6Frost dates for 108 NOAA stations across the US
  • 7-8Spring countback: cool and warm crops
  • 9Fall countback worksheet
  • 10-11Master chart for 41 crops: when, and how much

What to grow

  • 12Section opener, painted plate
  • 13Grow list
  • 14Seed order calculator, seed life and a germination test

Where it goes

  • 15Section opener, painted plate
  • 16Yard and sun map
  • 17-19Bed plans at 1 inch = 1 foot
  • 20Whole-plot graph, ¼ inch = 1 foot
  • 21Rotation planner, 4 years × 10 beds
  • 22Succession waves

The dated plan

  • 23Section opener, painted plate
  • 24-27Season calendar, three months a page
  • 28Spring week list, week −14 to +3
  • 29Fall countdown
  • 30Budget and supplies
  • 31Notes for next winter
  • 32Sources

How you use it

  1. Find the NOAA station nearest you on pages 4 to 6 and write its middle date on page 3. That is week 0.
  2. Copy the dated week ruler under the charts on pages 7 and 8. Every bar now has a calendar date.
  3. Draw your beds on pages 17 to 20, rotate families on page 21, then work down the week list on page 28.

Every page above, one download, $7

What we checked in the file

Print it again every year. $7

Page 17: a 4 by 8 foot bed plan at one inch to the foot
Page 17, the bed grid the note measures.

Questions

Which growing zone do I need?

None. The kits don't use zones. They count from your average last frost date in spring. If you don't know yours, pages 4 to 6 of every kit list 108 NOAA weather stations across the US, each with an early, a middle and a late last-frost date. Frost-free areas such as coastal Southern California, south Florida and lowland Hawaii have no last-frost week; there the kits point you to your county planting calendar.

What paper size do I print on?

Each kit has two PDFs: US Letter and A4. Print at 100% (actual size) so the bed grids keep their scale of one inch to one foot.

How do the files arrive?

Payment is processed by Stripe. After payment you get an email with a download link. Each kit is one zip file with its two PDFs; the bundle is one zip with all six. Download your files promptly after payment. If you have trouble, write to hello@gardenpdf.com and we will help.

Can I print it again next year?

Yes. The pages carry no year, and you may print as many copies as you need for your own garden and household, in any year. Please don't share, resell or upload the files.

What if it isn't what I wanted?

Email hello@gardenpdf.com within 14 days of your purchase and we refund the full price to the card or account you paid with. You don't need to give a reason.

Does it tell me which varieties to grow?

No. The charts cover 41 vegetables and herbs by crop, such as tomato, kale or pea, and send you to your county extension list for varieties that suit your area.

Want all three kits? The bundle is $14 instead of $21. Also see The Seed-Starting Countdown and The Season Record.

Full refund within 14 days, no reason needed. $7

The Winter Plan

$7