Step by step – to the vegetable growing plan

Preparation

1. The sowing calendar

2. Location - sun and soil

3. Select plants

4. Overview and organization

Create plan

5. Crop rotations and planting breaks

6. Companion plants

7. Use growing areas

8. The annual rotation

Create your own growing plan.
7. Use growing areas

By considering crop rotations, planting breaks, companion plantings, and the right timing, we plan the growing areas as efficiently as possible so we can harvest fresh and healthy vegetables even in winter.

🧩 Use growing areas optimally 📅 Timing & growing season 🥬 Harvest even in winter

Your documents

First, please have the documents for your favorite vegetables from chapter 3, “Select plants”, and your calendar with the to-do list for all months from chapter 4, “Overview and organization”, ready.

Your calendar should now look roughly like this:

Beds by the hedge - January -

Maybe your growing areas are very large - so large that the expected harvest is simply too abundant. Or maybe you only have these 3 growing areas available. Either way, the goal is to create plannable growing areas or groups. You achieve this by having a growing area consist of 3 to 6 sub-areas or your group contain 3 to 6 growing areas and/or sub-areas. You’ll learn why in the next chapter - 5. Crop rotations and planting breaks.

TO-DO list

Beds by the hedge - February -

TO-DO list

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Check your favorite vegetables list!

Check your list for vegetables that require an activity in March. In this case, there are three: broccoli, sweet pepper, and garlic. Sweet pepper and broccoli are not transplanted until May, but because they germinate for a long time and grow slowly, they can already be pre-grown in March.

Now let’s grab a favorite vegetable!

Garlic: Transplant from March to April. Garlic can also overwinter in the bed, so it can be transplanted in fall and harvested in the summer of the following year. Garlic is a medium feeder and easy to grow.

Beds by the hedge - March -

TO-DO list

	Transplant garlic x8
	Pre-growing x4: sweet pepper
	Pre-growing x4: broccoli

Beds by the hedge - April -

TO-DO list

Pre-growing x4: cucumber

…

We will now also check the rest of the list for the coming months.

Beds by the hedge - May -

TO-DO list

	Transplant sweet pepper x4
	Transplant broccoli x4
	Transplant cucumber x4
	Transplant bush bean x4

…

Close gaps and fill them!

As in this example, it is very likely that your plan has some gaps. To fill these gaps a bit or make your plan as efficient as possible, you need to do a bit of puzzling – hopefully something you enjoy.

Pay attention to crop rotations

Do you like parsley? Then add it to your growing plan - but be careful! The only right place is - in this example - in front of the carrots.

Observe the planting breaks

With a 3-year planting break, you count from the following year up to 3. A suitable growing area needs at least 4 sub-areas.

Optional: Consider companion planting

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8. The annual rotation

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