Perpetual Seed Sowing Calendar

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Making a Sowing Calendar

I have tried several different ways to remind me when to sow seeds, especially for successional sowing. I have set digital reminders on my computer and written them on a calendar. The problem in both cases, is that it is not always possible to sow the seeds on that day due to poor weather or extenuating circumstances, and then I found that I tended to forget. I've been using a new system this year which has worked very well, so I decided to share it. Please note that the calendar has 29 days in February to allow for Leap Years, and every seventh day in a normal year is shaded to make it easy to keep track of weeks.

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Materials & Tools

Printer and paper
Laminator & pouches or
File pouches
Post-It strips

Step 1

Click the image to the right to open a .pdf file of the calendar. Print out a copy - there are 4 pages.

Step 2

Laminate the pages. You can laminate them separately or do Jan/Feb/Mar with Jul/Aug/Sep on the back, and Apr/May/Jun with Oct/Nov/Dec.

Using your Sowing Calendar

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Step 1

Rather than writing directly on the calendar, write the name of the plant on a Post-It strip, and attach this to the calendar. If you cannot get hold of the little bookmark strips, you can cut pieces from standard Post-Its.

Step 2

Having sown a batch of seeds, it is simple to remove the strip from the calendar, and move it down a week or two if you intend to sow more. If not, just stick it elsewhere to reuse next year.

If you laminated the calendar in two pairs of pages, once March is over, you can turn over that page, so you always have six months on display.
Using this system, I found that any notes that were missed for any reason become very obvious, avoiding the chance of forgetting.

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