Yes the snow still is falling here in north central Indiana, but it's time to thing about next season garden. I'm a big enthusiast of the garden and do my best to grow as many fruits and vegetables my family eats in a year that I can. I'm wondering what plants and how many you will need first. I use a tablet of grid and make a rough sketch of how things should layout, making sure to rotate my tomatoes, corn and beans to make sure things grow optimally. Corn should not be planted in the same place during two years in a row because it leads to many nutrients from the soil and the Earth needs a year to recover. Tomatoes should never be planted in the same place two years in a row because of a plague that could have been on the ground of the previous year.
You can also reduce blight, mulch under your tomatoes and watering them drip lines or other soil watering methods. All of your garden planning must be done before the 100th day of the year because that is where the first of his plans are to go to the ground. An old tradition in Midwest garden is planting their potatoes in the hundredth day. This means that your garden should be ready for planting in the first week of April. In January or February at the latest, you should ask for seeds and plants you want for your garden. Can I order my plants in the first place because they are first come first serve and if you don't order them early may not get exactly what you want. I always make an inventory of what seeds I have left since last year, and then sort what else I might need. On the one hundredth day you can plant your potatoes and any cold weather plants like broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and most other Greens. After the risk of frost you can plant your other early crops like peas, beans, spinach and anything else, that the seed packet says plant so the soil can be worked. Once the air time night warmed and isn't dropping below 50 you're safe to plant its heat plants like squash, cucumber, most herbs, plants, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers loving.
If you are not sure when the date of your last frost is then check with the national climatic data center. Choose your State and then find the city nearest you and it will show your average spring (and first drop) frost dates, based on data collected by the national climatic data center from 1971 to 2000. You can choose between a 50/50 probability of frost after given date, or you can play it safe and choose the date of 10 percent, which means that there is only a 10 percent chance of a frost after that date. The occurrence data graphics freeze/Frost also provide average dates for 36 degrees Fahrenheit, 32 degrees and 28 degrees; for most cultures gardeners should use dates of 32 degrees.
So if you haven't started your garden or ordered any plants or seeds you better hurry or this years gardening season will pass you by!
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