How to Create a Planting Plan for Year-Round Food Abundance | Complete Guide
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- planforabundance.com/ - Use code CZcams20 to get 20% off the Productive Planting Plan Online Course. Get your notepads out because in this video I will show you how to create a vegetable garden planting plan to ensure food abundance throughout the year. Very often gardeners create a yearly plan but this makes it very hard to capture change through the months and plan for succession sowing. Here is the contents list I mentioned so you can re-navigate the video easily after watching:
-Benefits and context of a monthly plan 0:33
-What about crop rotation? 4:52
-Creating the outline 5:45
-Adding helpful keys 6:46
-List your staple crops 7:59
-Optional research 9:21
-Starting with the first month 10:12
-Continuing with the months 12:45
-When it’s time for succession planting 15:06
-Knowing where to stop and tips 18:15
-Using a calendar 19:10
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I am so excited to share this video with you because it is something that I know will help so many of you unlock the ability to almost instantly improve your succession planting and food abundance from your garden. And I am going to start it off by giving you the golden bit of information which is this:
Don’t create an annual planting plan. Instead, create a simplified month-to-month plan and there are so many benefits to this and I have been using this method for a couple of years now and I tell you, the thought of moving back to an annual plan after seeing how amazing this type of plan is, fills me with horror.
I know monthly may sound like a lot of work but trust me when I say it is so much easier than you think. In this video you will also learn how to transfer the tasks and steps in your planting plan onto a calendar, so you have the most efficient, and perhaps the easiest way of staying organised and in control this year.
The issue with an annual plan is that is it very hard to see the change of the garden throughout the year, and as a result it makes it very difficult to plan succession growing which is planting one crop as soon as another crop is harvested so you get two different crops from the same area, in the same year, thus maximising the food potential from a set space.
A monthly plan allows you to foresee future changes in your garden, such as when space becomes available. By being able to plan in a way that captures the change so easily, means that the potential from your garden increases right away, and at the end of the day, it makes life so much easier for you because all you need are quick glances to see what’s happening and to make sure you are on track.
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Due to the huge popularity of this method I have turned it into a 10 lesson online course which goes into a lot more detail on how to create a monthly planting plan, and features extras such as my master sowing list which I use to guide me when filling a planting plan. Find out more about the course here: planforabundance.com/ & use coupon code CZcams20 to get 20% off!
Oooh, Photoshop is a terrific planning tool; InDesign might work well, too. Thanks for all of the excellent info, Huw!
Thanks 🖒
This is great - I'm sold! One question though... do you have other videos explaining tips for designing your annual veg garden in the first place? I'm at the very early stages and I'm thinking rectangular beds are easier. But I'm not sure if there's anything I'm missing. Also - do you sell the permie ethics sweatshirt you're wearing?!
Nice video, but do you have for the people like me a video where you explain how to plant in a raised bed and what can be in it?
Hi Huw, I'm a big fan of your videos and also have your book. I'm keen to try the course but before enrolling could you clarify which software we need to use if we do it digitally? do you use powerpoint, excel or something else? Thank you kindly
This kind of quality information is why you are on a very short list of experienced gardeners I chose as the direction I wanted for my family’s garden. There’s a dizzying amount of information out there but this is a realistic approach and in line with the way I want to have a relationship with the food and land that I expect to nourish my family. Thank you for being a rich source of information and delivering it clearly and thoroughly.
Wow thank you so much Nikki! I am so grateful for this kind comment and that you appreciate my videos so much.
I completely concur! Well done, sir. Well done!
@@mrmacgregorshomestead233 Me too
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I am a long term gardener. This is so simple and brilliant! It is March, and seed starting time, so the monthly garden plan is in the works!
Have been a fan for about 6 months and have just found this video and found it so uplifting! Being retired for 3 years and now I am HAVING to try growing our own food I was so anxious on where to start and in what order until seeing this. Due to health reasons it was unlikely I would be able to DIG a garden so when I came across Huw and Co talking about no dig it has given me a new enthusiasm for gardening. I have 2 dalek compost bins already full so will start off with 1 or 2 beds of cardboard on grass and compost. Please keep them coming.
Thank you so much Huw. You have completely demystified the whole succession thing. I was losing the will to live with the bare soil patches in my my little plot for long periods of time. I watched many of your video on no dig, as a gardener of 64 I needed to change my usual tack and make things easier for myself. I couldn't bare not growing things. No dig works really well for me and it so much easier to spread successions in a smaller area, but the mixing of crops and knowing when to sow things a ready to transfer wasn't very synchronized. I feel truly enlightened, see your never to old to learn. Keep up the good work, as i'm very interested to see how the chop and drop goes.
You are the only one I’ve seen that really shows how to organize all the moving parts of seeding, transplanting succession planting, so we don’t lose valuable time! Thank you so much!
A monthly plan makes it "sow sow easy" :)
Great idea, Huw! Because I also have several fruit trees, perennial bushes and chickens, I will be adding a couple of areas to the side of the beds (Crops to Harvest and Maintenance Tasks) so I have everything in one place and I don't end up being overwhelmed by tasks and I make sure my tools and garden beds are ready for the next crop.
Thank you so much Harriette! Oh I love that idea! Good luck this year and have a wonderful growing season.
I know this is a gardening channel, but.... i'm loving your beard Huw.❤❤
Agh I’ve just been sitting trying to work my beds out for this year and come on here and you’ve done it for me almost!!!! Thank you thank you 🙏 🤗
You are very welcome Susan! :)
Your right! So many things can happen in one Season. In the last year we had 4 Weeks a very cold weather and the tomatoes and the chillies and Physalis stoped growing-so i had to wait to plant the next Generation plants. Monthly is super!
Loved this video! I've been making a monthly plan and I'll never do a yearly one again either. I use a spreadsheet, though, with each month separate. Then rows telling me when to start a crop indoors and when to plant it out, or when to direct sow. Another row with the germination time, another with the harvest time, another with notes on what'll follow that crop. Then general notes about it, and finally a row reminding me where I bought the seeds or plants, in case I have any questions if I bought them elsewhere. That way I see everything at a glance and have a definite month-by-month plan. It works wonderfully for me. I still have an insane amount of food growing out there now in February, so much that I'm going to have to get some family, friends and neighbors over here to take away all the excess they can use, so I can start the beds fresh for this season.
I spend the cold season, when there's not much to do out there but harvest, planning, planning and planning. I never plan TOO inflexible though, since sometimes I'll change my mind and think, "You know, I think I'll put the second crop of broad beans over there instead of here.", haha! I really, really like your way of planning, though, it's a lot more visual and will help a lot more people than my spreadsheet method. And yes, definitely going to buy your book. The first one was wonderful, so I'm looking forward to this one. :)
I am starting a veggie patch. I will have six raised garden beds, with potatoes, beetroot, carrot, peas, beans and spinach. This is really helpful advice.
This is awesome-but for other reasons for me. Why? I love to get involved so much with my gardening that I need something to do monthly or it drives me 🍌's!!!
I'm outside every day do a bit of this and that.
Thanks again Huw. I can tell you really think things through and it shows!!!
I almost never comment on videos.........this is outstanding for practical common sense. Thanks.
Its a 4th year that im having a gardening diary, and I make planner based on it. I like to cut each month by ten days and plan jobs for each part accordingly. I like this idea of adding an actual map to that!
again one of the most valuable gardener videos I've ever seen. Why? information in a nutshell that I can use directly. Was always struggeling with yearly plans, but as well having none! appreciate that! thanks man!
Love it! The only thing I'm going to add, until I know more about maturity times, is something like month 1 of 2, month 2 of 2 etc for each crop so I can see at a glance how long each has been there and how much longer they'll be there. Thank you so much!
Awesome explanations and showing the written documents. It’s awesome! Thank you kindly!
Thank you for this video!! It is so helpful on planning the garden month to month for the year with the monthly plan! Will do this for sure!
Month to month plan is a great idea. Thank you from Crewe Virginia USA.
OMG. This soo much sense. I never saw anything like this. I love it. Thank you.
So smart and simple. Thank you so much, Huw,! Already started to use it!
Great ideas! I'm sketching as I watch. This is going to increase production massively. Thank you so much!!!
Planning is so important and allows you to make the most of the space. Great tips for gardeners here
I love this! Thank you for your generosity in sharing it!! I’m totally going to use this and listen to it again and again! Thanks Huw!! From Nova Scotia
Wow. Thank you. Definitely starting this today for my tiny garden
I really appreciate the time stamps. It makes it so much easier to review the information in this video. Thank you.
This is just what I need. Planning my first veg garden has been a bit overwhelming but this approach really tames the frenzy! Thanks!
This kind of info is invaluable Huw, thanks so much. I've never been able to manage the yearly planning without getting myself tied up in knots and getting overwhelmed. This is so much better and I can't wait to try it out.
Absolutely brilliant - well done Huw. I recommended your channel to the group I had at the weekend for a 'Getting Ready to Grow' workshop in my garden. Thank you for all you do to help people get started.
Great video ! Love it's clarity and simplicity !
This video is a goldmine of information, and it’s free!!!! Love love love it.
Thanks Huw for all your help and information I’ve learnt so much from you. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
So informative! Thank you! I hope I can gain some confidence to do more in my garden with this plan! 💕
I love the simplicity and transparancy of this approach.
Love the hoodie 💚 this has been super helpful and very inspiring. I’m on my own with 18 veg beds so planning ahead is going to take some thought but this has kickstarted me into gear. Thank you x
I really appreciate that you share your wisdom with us, people of the Earth!!! God bless your Heart! Thank you so much! 🙏 🤗
Thanks so much for this Huw. Would never have been able to start growing food if it wasn't for your great videos. Bought your book right away, absolutely full of amazing advice and will recommend it to anyone interested in growing veg!
Great job with the audio, great job with the material thank you for having great graphics too. First time viewer
Mar: fruits & grasses
Sep: greens & beans
Dec: roots & brassicas
Love this whole concept, thank you.
Ordered your book today! Ao excited for the upcoming season and think I will be more succesful than last thanks to your channel. Very inspiring and encouraging! Ty from 🇺🇸
Brilliant, as usual. I have been subscribed to your channel for some time now and following much of your advice. The most helpful has been breaking tasks into small chunks which is helping me not only to gain more control over my food growing areas but also the rest of my garden. Thanks Huw .
Thank you so much for this video! This is so helpful. I am very overwhelmed every year and this will help me to simplify and get a better handle on how to rotate/succession plant.
This is super helpful! I'm moving to a new place and we'll finally have a small tiny yard for gardening. I was feeling so overwhelmed with how to plan our garden and this helped so much! Thank you!
This has been my first year of veggie growing and your advice helped me realise I needed a plan! No wonder I was always running out of things to harvest and waiting for things to grow. I’m much more focused on when and how because of you wonderful advice, thank you our bellies appreciate it!
Thank you so much Huw for simplifying garden planning.
As a new gardener I hope that in your future videos you will refer to the plan each time you sow plant or harvest veggies.
Thank you again
BRILLIANT!!. Huw, have just started watching your vid's. You deliver them in such a great way/manner that you seem to never forget the begginor!. The simple tips, the planning, no waste system, always full of of ideas and so on and so on. You are truly up there with the Greats!. Long may you continue to bring us more damn good vid's. Take care.
......GROUNDBREAKING. People always talk about planting/growing annually and I’ve always wonder why there isn’t a different way to keep crops in rotation? Excellent tips, I’m so excited to get your book!
Thanks for your help! It is much appreciated. I and my wife are just starting our first bed and we find all your videos useful!
This sounds like a really practical and good working planning. I try for my next year planning and see how it works for me. Thank you for sharing this idea!
Thanks for this one, Huw. I am planning our raised beds now and thinking of adding a trellis and am making my plan right now. Great timing for this video
Excellent video, full of very good information. I’ll definitely be looking at doing the month by month plan this year, so thank you for the video & look forward to seeing more from you in the future. 👌
I'm so glad to have found this video today. I am in the planning stages for upcoming 2021 garden and wanting to make thr most of my space. I am fairly new to gardening and planning a yearly garden is overwhelming me. This idea will help.
Thank you! So timely for me! I've been learning about succession planting in the same beds within a season for multiple harvests and although I have a fairly organized plan, I couldn't quite figure out how to get it all out of my head and onto paper. I'm starting my monthly worksheet tonight!
Thank you so much Judy! I hope it all goes so well :D
Thank you so much!!! I'm so unhappy about my beds and all the successionplating gave me headaches. Breaking it down your way helps a lot!
You have eased my anxiety level a great deal. Thank you. You are very informative and easy to follow.
I do seasonal plans (spring garden, summer garden, fall garden etc...it's rough, but it works)
Great video to watch on our washed out weather day.
Awh thank you! Yeah it has been pretty awful!
@@HuwRichards i really cant wait to move house in a few years and have my own pollytunnel. Im holding off till March this year for sure. Thanks Huw.
Never mind the miserable weather hopefully will end soon and we can start gardening. It's just something we have to put up with. Enjoy the rest in the meantime because once the better weather comes all the gardener's will be busy.
David Mcgregor We have had a bad summer for gardening here in Victoria Australia due to the bushfires, even though we are not close to the fires. The smoke has blocked out the sun and we have had rain consisting of red mud which coated the vegetables and reduced the yield considerably. Usually our tomatoes keep producing until April/May but they are nearly finished as are the cucumbers. However, sadly many of my fellow Australians have nothing left neither house or garden. We have been sharing our crops with others who don’t have a garden or a high income. “
That’s a great idea. I have never done succession planting. Living in Canada zone 6, we have abt 6 months of growing season. I plant my summer veg and wait for them to grow and produce. That’s it. For Leafy greens I just cut the leaves I need and leave the plants to produce more leaves. I will try your idea for maybe radishes, beets, carrots, and bok choi. Thank you.
Good stuff Huw, Im a first year gardener and will definitely be giving this a shot.
I have always enjoyed gardening but wasn't making the most of my limited space. I completed this course and it was freeing for me. I have a plan now. It's all laid out for me to follow along and tuck things in at the right time, and move on to something else. Yes, I know things will not always go smoothly but this has removed a ton of stress for me. And I truly enjoyed the planning process. Thank you!
This is amazingly helpful! Thanks for sharing your wonderful knowledge! I love your videos!
Thanks for this. I'm a techie - I happily spent years working on the soil and let the plants take care of themselves with the help and planning of my partner. Now I'm on my own, I've got to become and end user with thinking it's boring!
Brilliant. And here I am writing all my notes, going to do it your way. 😆 Thank you!
Thank you Huw, for explaining the monthly planting plan. It will make my effort less confusing.
Excellent service, thank you! I was sitting at my table with about 30 packets of seeds and wondering how to deal with them!
This brilliant video has just helped me to tackle the planting and I’m certainly going to put them in a monthly order and hope I will have food abundance this year. Please carry on with the good work and Bless you for helping!
Thanks Huw. Was just going to plan a season to season but now I'll attempt month to month. I'm fairly new with 3 raised beds. Love reading the comments and I look for replies and read those first. You answer questions I may not have even thought about. I imagine this plan is like planning weekly dinners at home which I recently started doing. Makes my week so much easier. Now my months will be easier. Cheers from Melbourne.
Great video! I am planning my garden now and the month to month planning totally simplified it. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea!
You are so welcome! :)
I am jumping in at the deep end trying to get my veg plot sorted and this will save me a whole lot of head scratching. Top man.
I'm sort of new to the raised bed of gardening and this video has helped me understand how the month by month growing season works. Da iawn.
i enjoyed the few videos i have watched so far and have now downloaded your book on kindle. top stuff.
What a wonderful way of planning a garden and it makes so much sense. Totally appealed to me. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Brenda!
So smart. I keep trying different systems but this simplifies what I was trying to do...sooo helpful. Thanks Huw!
It's my pleasure and thank you for watching!
Very helpful Huw. You are a great teacher and delightful lad.
Love this! I am in my second year of growing and I found that in my first year, I didn't maximise the space and account for gaps as things were harvested. Thankyou for taking the time to do this and showing the steps so it was understandable - I will definitely try this now :)
Feel like im late to the party!! Bought your book Grow Food For Free a week ago, now I've fallen down the Huw Richards rabbit hole... you tube, Instagram, books.... loving it! Thank you for taking the time to share so much with us.
This is exactly what I needed.. I have Charles Dowdings " Diary" and now the Lightbulb has gone in ! I'm gonna get right on this...Thankyou
Hi. Thanks for the idea of a monthly plan. I've set up a spreadsheet and it's much less daunting planning month by month . I've had my allotment for two years and it's getting better each year. Your advice has been really useful. Thankyou
This is SO helpful! Thank you Huw!
Thank you so much for the monthly plan for me start the yearly plan. I left small potatoes from last year and they are just starting produce and I think I will but carrots and parsnips next too them and bed of each garlic & onions.
Deff will be rewatching, thnks for breaking it down 😊
Fab, clear and simple explanation of perfect planning for a garden full of abundance. Thanks for sharing your knowledge again Huw.
Awh thank you so much Liz and no problem at all I am glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you Huw! This was really helpful, I will be making my monthly plans this week based on this guidance. Can’t wait to get your latest book in the post on launch day! All the best 😊
Thank you so much Emma for gettig my book and I am so glad you found this video helpful :)
Best gardening channel on youtube. I always learn something. Thank you, Huw!
Awh Thank you so much! That's lovely to hear :)
Loved the video and as moving from growing in back garden to a proper allotment will be following this method
Ah fantastic thank you so much James!!
This is such a great idea Huw, I never really make any plans as I'm never sure how much space I will have so I just sow the seed and cram it in somewhere but once my veg plot is up and running I will definitely use this idea, thanks very much. Take care, Bethan 😊
Exactly what I needed as a second year gardener. Tnx so much. I bought your first gardening book recently and will buy the new one soon for sure!
You are very welcome Pauline! Yay thank you so much!
Thanks for this and all your videos!
Such a great way to plan.... thank you so much!
Thank u Huw always impressed with your video's and I'm definately going to give this a go 👍
Great information. I'm sitting here starting my plan on this holiday. My timeline for speciflic plants will be different from yours since I am in 7b southeast USA (hot, humid summers) but this is brilliant! Your channel is a fount of sound information. Thank you.
Thank You for so great improvement. I used for 2 years a list on 1 A4 paper with numbers of my raised beds from 1-13 classified in months and in every month I had written what to put there, sow, transplant and so on. You'rs system I will try this year, thank You :D
Hello from snowy, COLD South Dakota, U.S.A.! This is a good video, I like the mix of talking, showing your action in the garden, and the computer shots. I needed to see this, as I have not been good about succession planting. I'm in a new location and starting a new garden this year, so I hope I can manage this better. I surely wish I had a more temperate climate and could grow year-round like you! But here, I don't have to have a greenhouse to grow tomatoes! There is always a trade, right?
Hi Suzi! Thank you so much I am glad you like the format! Good luck with your new garden :)
Suzi, I'm next door in Montana. This is my first year exparimenting with extending my grow season with hoop houses over a couple of my beds and heavy hay mulch inside. I am loving Huw's monthly tracking plan because finally I have a longer season, at least for my cold season crops, and for the first time a chance to grow more than one crop in a space per year. Have fun experimenting!
@@tanarehbein7768 Hi Tana! I will also be using "season extenders", like a low tunnel over one of my 4'x16' beds. I'm also building a shed which will have a greenhouse extension on the South side. I won't be able to heat it, but it will still give me some more growing time at each end of the season!
@@afghanbunny1 oh soooo jealous of the thought of a greenhouse! I'm trying to scrape together the money to fence the elk out of my garden. I have a cheep and simple rolled wire and metal t-post fence which is working fine but my home owners association says I need some thing more decorative that goes with the style of my house. That is code for spend more money 😏. Right now I have eight 4' shelves with grow lights in my garage filled with micro greens, spinach, lettuce, beets, onions, celery, herbs, and flowers all started from seed. I can't wait till spring!😁
I'm rather new to the gardening for food game, I've grown ornamental plants and flowers for years! This was such a helpful video, and it was presented so clearly, that I was able to understand how to make a monthly plan. I struggled this year, I was late for many crops, (everything turned out just fine) but I love being able to think month by month and know what needs to be done ahead of time. I like thinking that way, I'm a planner. This really made sense to me. This year was an experiment as well in knowing what I do want to grow. Now I know how I can plan it all out, and hopefully not miss out on timeframes and to make the most of the beds I do have (We are already planning on expanding our 3 raised beds to at least be 6) Thank you so much!
Very smart way to plan..I have 2 new allotments plus my own garden so now I don't have to keep everything in my head and find out that I've missed the boat and not started my seeds off when I should have. Thanks Huw, and love your hoodie by the way (on my Permaculture Design Course at the moment) 👌🥰🌱
Another great video Huw! As im starting off from scratch and will not have everything complete and up and running this season,this idea will help me get the most from my space that i will have available!Keep up the good work,and im looking forward to the Postman`s visit where i will soon find your book in my postbox!Happy days.
Awh thank you so much! I am so glad you will find it useful! Oh yay that is awesome and enjoy the book :D
I am a brand new beginner with gardening. In fact, I have not started gardening yet, I am researching and watching people like you to learn and become inspired. How do I actually begin from nothing? Any ideas?
Thank you. This was really helpful to a complete novice!!!