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Crop Planning Template

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Need a pre-filled crop plan?

I have one ready for you if you need it. I made it with zone 7 in mind, but it could work for other areas too. It even has lettuce planting dates and notes on which plantings should go in tunnels or not. You can use it as a starting point for your own plan.

The prefilled plans come in three versions, each one prioritizes and works back from either harvest date, seeding date, or planting date and you can choose the type you prefer.

Beans
Beets
Broccoli
Broccolini
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Chicory
Corn
Cucumbers
Daikons
Eggplant
Garlic
Greens (kale, collards, chard)
Greens (raab, mizuna, mustard)
Arugula
Head Lettuce
Herbs (Cilantro, Dill)
Basil
Parsely
Leeks
Lettuce
Mix
One-Cut Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Radishes
Rutabaga
Shallots
Spinach
Summer Squash
Tomatoes
Turnips
Winter Squash
Planting dates based on Zone 7
Directions & Tips
Crop List (including planting date guide based on your frost dates, including yield projections too)
Crop Plan (that can be filtered by crop or variety)
Seed Order Checklist
Greenhouse Seeding Plan
Direct Seeding Plan
Total Farm Revenue (with total bedfeet needed)

What Farmers are Saying

Pete

I recently purchased the membership to your crop planning spreadsheet templates, as I myself love to grow food but I have been challenged by how to best plan it all out. I began using the crop planning template after watching your instructional video and I am super excited to begin.
Lindsey

Feel gratitude for Kat right now as I crop plan. Her organizational brain matches my brains organizational needs so well
Anna

Thank you for making such an awesome resource available!! I am excel impaired to say the least. It's been very helpful using this template.
Mike

I’m really loving your spreadsheet that you created for crop planning. It’s definitely the best one I have come across.
Adam

Wow, I'm really excited to have found this, it is exactly what I have been looking for! Thank you for creating this!
Andriana

This is so comprehensive and thoughtful and generous of you! As a beginning, small scale farmer I cannot say enough how much I appreciate the info!!
Illinois

I’ve been using your crop plan and I LOVE IT! The task is so much less daunting and less stressful now. Thank YOU!!
Nova Scotia

This is going to be SUPER HELPFUL! We started as market farmers last year and i definitely feel overwhelmed by the off season planning part! im so excited to have a tool to follow now.

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Kat’s Crop Plan Template (Filled OUT!)

It’s not my farm’s crop plan, but rather a mocked up crop plan that has data already entered into it featuring a representing a broad array of annual vegetables with recommended number successions built into each crop type. You’ll still want to amend the size of each planting, and omit the crops you don’t want to grow.

Wait… theres more!

Here are a few other resources for crop planning, in case my version isn’t what you are looking for- There is always more to learn*

Here is a whole list of resources from ATTRA
- https://attra.ncat.org/downloads/Crop-Planning-for-Vegetable-Growers-Webinar-Resources.pdf
You can order a tried and true plan from Brookfield Farm
- https://www.brookfieldfarm.org/cropplanning
Crop Planning and Succession Planning
- https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms-farmrecords/
Resources from Josh Volk
- https://www.growingformarket.com/articles/crop-planning-spreadsheets
- http://www.joshvolk.com/oldsite/Q%26A/spreadsheetsforc.html
- https://www.dropbox.com/sh/utl1a5vdfu9uyqn/AAAJCM1rbSF1ZiK2QEifkfdba
Johnny’s Seeds Planners
- https://www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/online-tools-calculators.html
Pam Dawling Presentation
- https://www.sustainablemarketfarming.com/tag/vegetable-crop-planning/
There are more resources out there if you look. To me, these are some of the most useful!