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-06
Watering and Irrigation Schedule
A free printable irrigation schedule — zone by zone with method, frequency and duration you decide, a month grid to date, and system checks.
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2 pages. 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
Set out what waters what, how, and how often, then keep a dated record through the season alongside the system checks that stop a blocked emitter going unnoticed.
Who it is for
Gardeners, allotment holders and smallholders running hoses, drip lines or timers.
How to use it
- Write down where your frequencies came from — a supplier, a book, or your own experience of this soil.
- Set the zones up once at the start of the season.
- Date the month grid as you go rather than ticking it, so you can see gaps.
- Run the system checks at the start of the season and after any frost.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: A zone-by-zone watering plan with a month grid to date as you go, and space for the system checks that stop a dry bed being discovered too late.
Your figures, not ours. No frequencies and no volumes are printed here. How much water a bed needs depends on your climate, soil, planting and season, and any figure we printed would be wrong somewhere. Write down what you have decided and where that came from.
Write-on lines: Garden or site · Year · Water source · Where your figures come from
Zones
Table, 8 rows: Zone or bed · Planted with · Method · Frequency · Duration or volume · Time of day · Emitters or heads
Page 2
Through the year — date each square as the zone is watered or checked
Table, 8 rows: Zone · Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec
System checks
- Filters cleaned
- Emitters and heads clear and delivering
- Timer working and battery replaced
- Leaks and splits along the run
- Pressure at the far end of the run
- Rain sensor or gauge checked
- Drained before frost
- Butt or tank clean and covered
Ruled lines: Notes and anything specific to yours
Questions
Why are no watering frequencies printed?
Because how much water a bed needs depends on your climate, soil, planting and season. Any figure printed here would be wrong somewhere and confidently followed. The sheet holds your figures instead.
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