Gardening on Schedule

No, I don't mean sticking to some routine that gets the best of you. I mean, developing a gardening schedule for your kids. This helps with organizing when to start gardening, when to start soil preparation and when gardening time is about to end so the harvest can take place.

Develop a Garden Schedule Your Kids Get Into

Our garden has started. Most beds are built. We have the early flowers out, the pansies and violas. These could live through frosts. One winter, they stayed green all winter long because it was mild all winter long.

I have peas in and plan to get carrots in the next few days. I planted some lettuces and spinach too as these too are cooler weather crops. I bought a few brocoli plants too. Not as many as last year (I had a dozen last year and it was very hard to maintain the garden with all those plants. Of course, I was pregnant last year. That would make anyone not want to garden).

We make a calendar and try to stick to it. It helps us get stuff done in the garden. I try to predict days that we will definitely be away (easter, vacations, birthdays etc). We put those on the calendar so we know if we have to weed that week or so we will have to do it another day. Most times, though, it's a spur of the moment type thing. I mostly go day by day. I get some things done that I wanted to. Sometimes I don't. The kids are there to help and they usually ask to do certain chores like watering and lifting things and getting supplies (or watching their little brother...babysitting is important too).

Happy gardening and happy garden planning.