I hope someone can give you a link to a good program FSMom.

I just want to put a reminder about permaculture principles if you are laying in more than a seasonal garden. (and haven't already incorporated it!)
I loved the consultation my sister got with a permaculture specialist (it was David Holmgren - who came up with the theory). He took such note of the property and spoke to her about the different things she wanted to plant, and looked at how they could make the most use of the site, and interact with each other,  and look at what things need to be established, and how that would work in with seasonal things.
I remember that the first thing ended up being sorting out where the fruit trees would go, and getting them established.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Thank-you.

fromscratchmom wrote:

I'm a week or two later than I ought to be to be just thinking of this in my area, but I want to do better this year planning my garden in advance... plotting out everything. Can anyone recommend a good online or on the pc program for me to use in doing this?

I hand designed my flower garden on paper when it was destroyed, i loved help from the net while placing various plants.   Of course the same help is there to help with vegs and herbs.


Mainly gardening with flowers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/design/

Herbs:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic- … Herbs.aspx

Veg:
http://www.humeseeds.com/vegplan.htm

Veg:
http://organicgardening.about.com/b/200 … g-tool.htm

mada, i have used the calendar to plant garlic and its relatives...onion, shallot, leek, chive, i needed to plant garlic early to protect the strawberries and the whole family was planted at the same time.

First time that i have respected mounting/desending of the moon times...lets see when its time to cultivate

Not too close mada, you dont want then garlic flavoured