Planning can be fun! It’s about starting with intentions, and then staying open to change along the way. A plan is a start point.

I show how to plan over the four seasons, incorporating timings and spacings, with examples from beds in my own gardens at Homeacres.

Discover how to succeed with succession and rotation through summer and autumn, and learn my detailed advice on winter gardening. Keep your beds full! It’s easier than you may think.

Then we look at covers, to protect our plants from weather and pests. They are cheap and easy. 

How and when to use fleece and mesh, and what each one does best.

KEY to CONTENT   V means one of the unique videos, pics + photos and w = words, not including quizzes + there are other videos embedded which are also on YouTube

(Please note that the lessons in this Module Course differ slightly from Module 2 in the full course, with the addition of Lesson 17.)

Lesson 3 – Sketch out the year

Examples of my plans and successions for three beds V Wild rocket followed by decision time, result was cauliflower and chicory, 35pics 2200w

Lesson 4 –  Succession and rotation

How to plan for and succeed with new plantings throughout summer and into autumn, what can follow what V No rotation results + V Small garden autumn successions 45pics 2700w 

Lesson 5 – Winter gardening

Growing and preparing for winter, and the harvests including during the hungry gap V Winter harvests outdoors + V Winter small garden, 47pics 2100w

Lesson 17 – Early cropping and covers 

Using fleece and mesh, their relative values and effects in different seasons, V Frozen vegetable plants in April then see their recovery on same day, 50pics 2800w

Next: Module 3 – Perennial vegetables and herbs