Seed Sowing Calendar
Plan a growing year on one page using the sowing times that apply where you garden, rather than a calendar printed for somebody else's climate.
GG-01 1 page
Garden and growing · GG-07
Planting and Sowing Schedule
A free printable planting schedule — planned against actual sowing dates, crop by crop, with a harvest and result column for next year.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Capture what you planned, what you actually did and what happened, which is the comparison that makes next season better and the one nobody writes down.
Who it is for
Vegetable gardeners, allotment holders and anyone growing the same crops each year.
How to use it
- Fill in the planned column over winter when there is time to think.
- Fill in the actual column on the day, honestly, even when it is weeks off the plan.
- Record the first harvest date — it is what tells you whether early sowing paid.
- Write the result in plain words. Next January it is the only honest record you have.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One line per crop: when you meant to sow it, when you actually did, what you harvested and what to change next year.
Planned against actual. No dates and no spacings are printed here. Sowing times depend on your climate and your last frost, and the packet is the better source. This sheet exists to capture what you decided and what then happened, which is the part nobody writes down.
How to use this sheet
- Fill in the planned column in winter, when you have time to think about it.
- Fill in the actual column on the day, even when it is weeks off the plan.
- Method means direct, module or bought-in plant — whatever you did.
- The result column is the whole point — next January it is the only honest record you have.
Write-on lines: Garden or plot · Season or year · Last frost, if you know it
Table, 10 rows: Crop · Variety · Bed or location · Method · Planned sow · Actual sow · Spacing · First harvest · Result and what to change
Questions
How is this different from the seed sowing calendar?
The calendar is a year-at-a-glance grid for planning the whole plot. This sheet is one line per crop with an outcome column, for recording what actually happened. Most people use the calendar in winter and this one through the season.
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Harvest Weight Tally Sheet
Turn a season of odd handfuls and full trugs into one running total per crop, so next year's planting is decided by what the plot produced rather than by memory.
GR-02 1 page
Seed Stock and Viability Record
Know what is already in the seed box, and whether it still comes up, before you spend January ordering another copy of it.
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Also in the resources library
The same subject, with a version you can fill in on screen.
Garden Bed Planning Grid
How many beds there are, how big each one is and which way it faces.
GD-446 Planner PDF Online
Vegetable Planting Planner
What was sown, under cover or direct, and on which date.
GD-42 Planner PDF Online
