2024 Planting Plans

It is the perfect time to dream of your spring
​and summer gardens. 

If you are gardening with me… This month's goal is to start a list of all the flowers/veggies you'd like to try or grow again! We will talk more about garden layouts in February, so just getting a seed list together is a great goal. Remember to include pest control flowers and herbs! (more details on this below)

I like to intensively plant each bed and rotate in new plants each season. It saves me hours on weeding and the plants actually thrive in close quarters protecting each other.

Whether you have 12-inch pots, one bed or multiple beds intensive planting your garden will mean much larger harvests in 2024. Seasonal planting plans will also provide an abundance of fresh produce all the way through Winter.

All of my bed layouts including a seed list are at the end of this article.

This growing season I have more room than ever. So I’ll be adding in a cut flower garden. In years past, I’ve interspersed my flowers throughout my veggie garden and I will continue to do so for pest control. But this year I’m also dedicating some beds for cut flowers.

Want to plant more this year? New raised garden beds and soil can be pretty expensive.

I didn't want to add too much to the cost of my garden so we found free and low cost filing cabinets on FB marketplace and doubled my planting space. They’ve been a wonderful addition. Made from galvanized steel which will hold up for years to come. I’ll talk more about how to increase yields and save on soil costs soon!

When starting your seed list be sure to factor in beneficial organic pest control methods.

I always plant trap plants (flowers) at the corner of each bed. And to either side of the trap flowers I place my herbs. Then a row of chives and or green onions form a perimeter of the beds. From there I start working in my small plants, medium and then large plants at the middle of each bed. Planting my beds this way provides easy pest prevention and management all season.

The smell of herbs, garlic, chives and green onions prevent many bugs from ever entering my garden beds. I do have aphids that like my fruit trees and have to hose them off the trees often.

Happy planning! Let me know in comments what your plant list looks like or what questions you have.

Shop my 2024 seed list here...
Veggie Seed List
Cut Flower Garden Seeds List
Herb Seed List

I’ll share which seeds I’m starting inside and which ones I'll be direct sowing in my next blog post! Plus a few places to find loads of chives, basil, and mint that might surprise you.

Veggie Bed One- 4' x 1' x 3' (filing cabinet)
Garlic
Chives
Green Onions
Red & Green Romaine through May/June
Sweet Bell Peppers starting in May - November

Veggie Bed Two - 4' x 1' x 3' (filing cabinet)
Garlic
Chives
Green Onions
Blue Kale 
Red & Green Romaine Now through May/June
Variety of Tomatoes May to November
Marigold May to November

Veggie Bed Three - 4' x 1' x 3' (filing cabinet)
Garlic
Chives
Green Onions
Mesclun Mixed Salad Greens Now through May/June
Sweet Bell Peppers starting in May to November

Veggie Bed Four - 4' x 4' x 12" cedar raised bed
Nasturtium
Chives
Green Onions
Garlic
Oregano
Radish
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Snap Peas February - May
Kentucky Pole Beans May - November

Veggie Bed Five - 4' x 4' x 12" cedar raised bed
Nasturtium
Parsley
Chives
Green Onions
Garlic
French Dressing Radish
Spinach
Snap Peas February - May
Kentucky Pole Beans May - November
Watermelon

Bed Six
Arugula
Broccolini
Swiss Chard
Kale
Cucumbers
Parsnips
Dill
Petunias

Bed Seven
Arugula
Broccolini
Swiss Chard
Kale
Parsnips
Cilantro (thru May) then Basil
Petunias

Bed Eight
Carrots
Spinach
Radish
Lavender
Peas Now thru May
Bush Beans May thru October
Cherry tomatoes starting in April
Eggplant starting in April
Marigolds
Basil

Bed Nine
Eggplant
Cherry Tomatoes
Marigolds
Thai Basil
Lavender

Cut Flowers Bed One & Two - 5' x 5' x 6" in-ground bed
Zinnias (see all the varieties here)

Cut Flower Garden Bed Three & Four
Black eyed Susan’s
Echinacea
Zinnias
Sunflowers

Pots
Snapdragons
Violas then Petunias

Tea Garden Bed One & Four - 4’ x 1’ x 3' filing cabinets
Mints - Peppermint, Spearmint, Blue Mountain, Catmint (Nepeta)

Tea Garden Beds Two & Three - 4’ x 1’ x 3' (filing cabinet)
Green Onion
Parsley
Right now harvesting Romaine from fall plantings through March.
By April switching to Chamomile



Fruit Trees
Plum (second season- 5 years old)
Pear (second season - 4 years old)
Apple (Add this fall?)

Decorative Beds One & Two
Roses
Mums
Carving Pumpkins

Decorative Bed Three
Lilies

Decorative Bed Four
Ornamental Onions
Echinacea
Shasta Daisies


If you're new here. Don't let my 2024 planting plan scare you away. I started with a simple herb garden in 2019. I was just as happy in my 2019 small garden as I am in my 2024 large kitchen garden. A garden of any size brings joy into my life and I hope it will to yours as well!

Which plants do you want to add this year?