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.
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Garden and growing · GG-15
Wildflower and Meadow Establishment Log
A wildflower meadow record — ground preparation, seed mix and merchant, the sowing, then every cut and addition logged with the species that appear each year.
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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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What this sheet is for
Turn a meadow's slow progress into something you can read back, so you know which cut, which addition and which year made the difference.
Who it is for
Gardeners, community groups, churchyard and school volunteers, and smallholders establishing a meadow or wildflower strip from bare ground or existing grass.
How to use it
- Describe the site once: area size, soil and drainage.
- For each area, record the ground preparation, the seed mix and merchant, the rate on the packet, the date and the method.
- Log each cut, whether the cuttings were removed, and anything added — plugs, yellow rattle, oversowing.
- Each season, write down the species you saw. That column is the one you will read most.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: A meadow or wildflower area from bare ground onwards — the preparation, the seed and where it came from, the sowing, and then the cuts, the raking off and the species that turn up year on year.
The seed merchant's rate, your season. Sowing rates, cutting times and whether to add a hemiparasite like yellow rattle all depend on your soil, your mix and your region. Take the rate from the seed merchant's packet and write it here, and record each cut as it happens rather than when it was supposed to.
Write-on lines: Site and area name · Area size · Soil and drainage
Ground and sowing — one row per area, and a new row each time it is oversown
Table, 12 rows: Area · Ground prep done · Seed mix & merchant · Rate on packet · Sown · Method
Page 2
Species register — one row per species, the first time it appears
Table, 8 rows: Species · Area · First seen · Sown or arrived · Seen again · Spreading? · Notes
Management log — cuts, removals, additions and what came up
Table, 10 rows: Date · Area · What was done · Cuttings removed · Added · Species seen · Notes
Questions
Why is there no sowing rate or cutting date printed?
Because the rate belongs to the mix and the merchant, and the cutting time to your region and what has set seed. Both are written in from your own sources; the sheet's job is to show, over several years, what those choices produced.
What does the Species seen column achieve?
It is the only honest measure of whether a meadow is working. A list that grows year on year, or one that stalls, tells you more than any amount of seed bought.
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