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Zone 8b Complete Garden Planner

22 pages of month-by-month planting calendars, companion planting charts, soil schedules, and organic pest guides — built specifically for Central Texas. Print it. Write in it. Keep it in the garden.

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What's inside

Six sections, 22 pages — every line written for Central Texas.

12 Calendars · January–December · Pages 04–15

Monthly Planting Calendars

A page per month — Plant Now, Skip This Month, the tasks that matter, and a pro tip calibrated to Zone 8b dates.

From the March page

Plant: Tomatoes after Mar 5 · peppers at 65°F soil · beans · basil · sunflowers

Skip: Sweet potato slips · okra · melons

“Plant tomatoes deep — bury them up to the top set of leaves. They’ll root all along the buried stem and handle our August heat far better.”

Reference · 01 · Page 16

Companion Planting Chart

Eleven crop rows: what plays nice in raised beds, what to keep on opposite sides of the yard, and the reason why.

Crop	Plant With	Avoid
Tomatoes	Basil, marigold, garlic	Brassicas, fennel
Cucumbers	Beans, radish, dill	Sage, potatoes
Beans	Corn, carrots	Onions, peppers

Reference · 02 · Page 17

Soil & Amendment Schedule

A seasonal rhythm plus a full table of nine organic inputs — N–P–K, application rate, timing, and what each one actually does.

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Alfalfa meal · 3–1–2 · 2 lb / 100 sq ft · pre-plant spring
Bone meal · 3–15–0 · 1 lb / 50 sq ft · pre-tomato & garlic
Kelp meal · 1–0–2 · summer / heat-stress recovery

Reference · 03 · Page 18

Pest & Disease Quick Reference

Eleven of the pests and diseases that actually show up in Central Texas — identified, fixed organically, prevented next round.

Covered in this section

Tomato hornworm · Squash bugs · Squash vine borer · Spider mites · Cabbage worms · Flea beetles · Cutworms · Aphids · Powdery mildew · Early blight · Blossom end rot

“Even organic sprays kill beneficial insects. Try water, hand-removal, and trap crops first.”

Reference · 04 · Page 19

Raised Bed Planning Grid

Square-foot grids for a 4×8 raised bed plus a worked sample spring layout. Sketch your plan in pencil before you dig.

Tom

Tom

Bas

Mar

Pep

Pep

Car

Car

Bea

Bea

Let

Let

Cuc

Cuc

Dil

Oni

Sample · Spring layout

Top half of an 8 ft bed, square-foot spacing already marked. The second half stays blank for your own sketch.

Reference · 05 & 06 · Pages 20–21

Seed Tracker & Harvest Log

Two pages of structured rows. By next spring you’ll know exactly what works in your beds — not what works in Vermont.

Seed Tracker · column headers

Variety · Source · Sow date · Days to germ · Germ rate · Notes

Harvest Log · column headers

Crop · Bed · Date · Weight or count · Notes

Sneak Peek

A look inside the planner

Six fragments from the 22 pages — pulled straight from the PDF. What you see here is what prints.

March

last frost
transplant week

🌱 Plant Now

Tomatoes — after Mar 5
Peppers — soil at 65°F
Beans · basil · sunflowers

⛔ Skip

Sweet potato slips
Okra · melons

Pro tip

Plant tomatoes deep — bury them up to the top set of leaves.

March · The Big Push06

Reference · 01

Companion Planting

What grows well together — and what to keep apart.

Crop	With	Avoid
Tomato	Basil, marigold	Brassicas
Cucumber	Beans, radish	Sage
Beans	Corn, carrots	Onions
Lettuce	Carrots, chives	Broccoli
Brassicas	Onions, dill	Tomatoes
Onions	Carrots, beets	Beans, peas
Carrots	Onions, sage	Dill (mature)

Reference · Companion Planting16

Reference · 02

Soil & Amendments

Feed the soil, not the plant.

Spring

2" compost · worm castings · alfalfa pre-tomato

Summer

Compost tea · 3" mulch · kelp for heat

Fall

Top-dress · blood meal · rock phosphate

Winter

Lime if needed · leaf mulch · gypsum for clay

Alfalfa meal · 3–1–2 · 2 lb / 100 sq ft

Bone meal · 3–15–0 · pre-tomato

Reference · Soil & Amendments17

Reference · 03

Pest & Disease

Identify it. Fix it organically. Prevent next round.

Pest	Organic Fix
Hornworm	Handpick at dusk · spare wasp cocoons
Aphids	Strong water blast 3 days running
Vine borer	Slit stem, remove larva, re-bury
Spider mites	Spray underside daily for a week
Cabbage worm	Bt spray weekly · row cover
End rot	Even watering · gypsum for clay

Even organic sprays kill beneficial insects. Try water and hand-removal first.

Reference · Pest & Disease18

Reference · 04

Bed Planning Grid

A 4×8 ft bed, drawn one square foot at a time.

Tom

Tom

Bas

Mar

Pep

Pep

Car

Car

Bea

Bea

Let

Let

Cuc

Cuc

Dil

Oni

Sample · Spring layout · 4×8 ft

Reference · Bed Planning Grid19

Reference · 06

Harvest Log

The data tells you what’s worth its square footage.

Crop	Date	Wt / Ct
Cherokee Tom	5/12	1.4 lb
Genovese basil	5/14	3 oz
Sungold	5/18	22 ct

Reference · Harvest Log21

Your First 10 Minutes

Open it, and you'll know exactly what to plant this weekend.

1
Open to this month
Find the Plant Now list, the what-to-skip list, and the three key tasks for your beds — calibrated to Zone 8b dates, not Vermont.
2
Sketch your beds on the planning grid
Square-foot grids for 4×8 beds, with spacing already marked. Two minutes of sketching saves you a season of mistakes.
3
Cross-reference the companion chart
Confirm what plays nice next to what. This is our primary pest strategy — no chemicals needed.
4
Note your seeds in the tracker
Every variety, every sow date, germination rate. By next year you know exactly what works in YOUR garden.

From Other Gardeners

What people are saying

“

Finally a planting calendar that knows it's hot in August. Every other guide tells me to plant tomatoes in May — too late here. This one gets Texas.

Sarah M.

Austin, TX

“

I used the companion chart and Mel's Mix recipe in the same afternoon. My spring beds came in better than the last three years combined.

Daniel R.

San Antonio, TX

“

Worth $17 just for the pest reference. Saved me from spraying my brassicas with something I'd have regretted.

Jess T.

Round Rock, TX

Swap in real testimonials as soon as you have them — even one real one beats three placeholders.

Built for how Central Texas actually grows

Zone 8b gives us two planting windows, brutal Augusts, and the occasional February freeze. Every date, every tip, every chart in this planner is calibrated for that reality.

Last Frost

Mar 5

avg. Austin metro

First Fall Frost

Nov 28

plan accordingly

Frost-Free Days

~240

two planting windows

Ready to grow?

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