Planning out a timeline for each of a few dozen squares in a Square Foot Garden can be daunting. There are a lot of variables to consider.

When do you have to pull out the plants to still have time for the summer plants?

Do you have time to fit three plantings in one square?

How do I get that hottie at Starbucks to pay attention to me?

Do these pants make me look fat?

Is it weird that touching cottonballs grosses me out?

NOTICE: My solition will not answer all of these questions.

Visualizing the data is key to understanding it. This year I used Microsoft Excel with some special formulas and formatting to see where I could fit in all the crops I want. Just click the link below to download my template.  I left some data in the sheet to help you get started.

Here’s how to use it:

1. Determine how long your growing season is and enter it in the cell next to “Season Length (days.)”
2. Add your plants and the length of time until the harvest is complete.
3. Below that first entry add the next crop you would like to plant right below it.
4. Notice the color of the cell at the top of the section you are typing in. As you enter data you will see that box change color. When you have extra time remaining for more plants the box is green, when you are getting close to running out of days it turns yellow and when you might not have enough time it turns red.

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Square Foot Garden - Replanting Planner Beta 1