Vegetable Garden PlansVegetable Garden Plans are what we talk about in this section. First of all I went out and bought some graph paper, the 8 ½ x 11 inch size. I then measured the areas I had to use for gardening. I have quite a few but will only be using two sections this year. Of course, you will never see any of this since to release these photos would compromise our technology. Also a neat gizmo to have based on the same technology is a GPS. I do not see how we survived without them. When I need to go somewhere new I just plug this baby in, type in the address and presto, it tells me how to get there.
Back to Vegetable garden plans. I take my graph paper and measurements and figure out a scale. For me it was one square = one foot for the front yard. The back yard was one square = six inches.
Now some of my items are cool weather plants like the broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, carrots, and beets so I am going to go ahead and try planting some of these. They should be okay unless we get a hard freeze.
Looking at my vegetable garden plans, you can see where I am going to start. I might have to make some adjustments along the way but that is okay. At least I have a plan and I am ready to start. I will be planting some plants and some seeds. It just occurred to me that the worms may eat the seeds. But this is a chance I will have to take. Hopefully they are deep enough that they do not disturb the seeds. Once they sprout, there will not be a problem since the worms only eat dead stuff.
When to plant is something else we need to know for our vegetable garden plans. Here in San Antonio, I can grow almost year round. To help you determine when to plant, you need to know your hardiness zone. A hardiness zone is a geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of vegetable life is capable of growing, as determined by temperature hardiness. Generally speaking, it is the lowest temperature a plant will grow at. Also it is the lowest temperature a plant will live at. This zone helps determine if the plant would die in a hard freeze and if a hard freeze is likely to happen. This chart is made up of an average of the coldest temperatures based on the five previous winters. So if an area had a winter average of 20, 23, 30, 34, 40 then these would be added together and divided by five. In this case the average is about 29F so it would be placed in zone 9b according to this hardiness map. Here in San Antonio my zone is 8b. I can plant anything that can handle temperatures down to 15 to 20 degrees. Now very seldom does it get this cold here. So on nights when it might get below the plants' minimum temperature for survival then I will need to bring them in if they are in containers or cover the plants if they are in the ground. Covering the plants may or may not work. Just depends on how cold it gets and for how long. These are things I need to consider in my vegetable garden plans. Thank you for your visit. Return to Home Page from Vegetable Garden Plans.
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