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Seed Sowing Calendar
A free printable seed sowing calendar — one line per crop for sowing indoors, sowing outdoors, planting out and harvest, with the dates left blank for yours.
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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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What this sheet is for
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.
Who it is for
Vegetable gardeners, allotment holders, smallholders and anyone raising plants from seed.
How to use it
- Write in your own typical first and last frost dates, and note where you got them.
- Add one line per crop or variety, using the name printed on the seed packet.
- Take the sowing and planting-out timings from the packet and from growing guidance for your area, and write them in as weeks or dates.
- Keep last year's sheet beside this year's — the comparison is the useful part.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: A year of sowing on one page: one line per crop, with columns for sowing indoors, sowing outdoors, planting out and the first harvest. The dates are blank because they are yours to write in.
Why there are no dates. No sowing dates are printed on this sheet, and that is deliberate. Timings depend on your climate, your altitude and your own first and last frosts, and a calendar printed for somewhere else is worse than a blank one. Take the timings from the seed packet and from growing guidance for your area, then write them here.
Write-on lines: Garden, plot or allotment · Year · Last frost here, typically · First frost here, typically · Where those dates came from
Table, 12 rows: Crop and variety · Sow indoors · Sow outdoors · Plant out · Harvest from · Notes
Questions
Why are no sowing dates printed on it?
Because they depend on your climate, your altitude and your own frost dates, and they differ enormously between regions that are only a few hours apart. A calendar printed for somewhere else is worse than a blank one, so the sheet is built to hold the timings from your seed packets and your local guidance.
Should I use weeks or dates?
Whichever you actually think in. Packets often give a month or a range of weeks, and a range copied honestly is more useful than a single date invented to fill the box.
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