How To Plan A Vegetable Garden - Layout, Schedule & Calendar - Ultimate Guide When to Start Seeds

How to plan a vegetable garden from start to finish: your vegetable garden layout, how many plants fit per square foot, and a planting schedule for when to start seeds indoors and plant outside based on your frost dates.

I build a real plan for my friend Jen's garden: mapping each bed by the square foot, putting tall crops on the north side so they don't shade shorter ones, finding the last frost date, and turning it into a simple seed starting and planting calendar. Then I cover succession planting and how each layer of cover can buy you about 3 weeks of season extension.

📲 PLAN YOUR GARDEN FOR YOUR ZIP CODE:
PlanMyGarden does the planning in this video for you. Enter your ZIP code and bed sizes, pick your crops, and it lays out every square and builds your seed starting and planting schedule around your frost dates. Try it free: planmygarden.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_me…

⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 Why plan your garden
0:27 Placement vs scheduling
1:09 Mapping beds by the square foot
1:42 How many plants per square foot
2:13 Bed direction and plant height
3:26 Find your last frost date
3:53 When to start seeds indoors
4:53 Direct sow vs transplant
5:45 Build your planting schedule grid
6:06 Soil conditions
6:39 Succession planting
7:13 Season extension

📅 FREE PLANNING RESOURCES
→ Last frost date by ZIP code: planmygarden.com/frost-dates?utm_source=youtube…
→ When to start seeds indoors (zone by zone): planmygarden.com/blog/when-to-start-seeds-indoo…
→ How to plan a vegetable garden (step by step): planmygarden.com/blog/how-to-plan-a-vegetable-g…
→ Square foot gardening spacing chart: planmygarden.com/blog/square-foot-gardening-spa…

🌾 ORGANIC SEEDS + PLANTS, Wood Prairie Family Farm (use code PMG5 for 5% off):
→ Organic vegetable seeds: woodprairie.com/category/the-organic-garden/org…
→ Organic seed potatoes and garlic: woodprairie.com/?ref=8m1zgm5v

🌱 RAISED BEDS + GARDEN GRIDS, Garden In Minutes (use code OBG7 for 7% off):
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→ Garden Grid watering systems: gardeninminutes.pxf.io/oN5vKn
→ Metal raised garden beds: gardeninminutes.pxf.io/xJrv3R

🛠 SEED STARTING GEAR I USE
→ Organic seed starting mix: amzn.to/4eSufEw