The Toolshed
A place to share urban agriculture resources and planning tools
The Toolshed of the Organic Education Center is where we keep our garden planning tools and resources. Much of what we offer here is available for download. If the resource links do not function properly, please contact us.
- Photo by Shawn Linehan
It is our sincerest hope that you can use this material to help grow your yard and beyond! Please check back frequently for fact sheets, planting charts, and other useful information. Thanks for looking!
Garden Resources
| OEC Suggested Reading List |
A list of our favorite (aka: dirtiest) garden books and references. These resources provide very accessible "how-to" information for gardeners of all levels. |
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| Vegetable Fact Sheets |
We use these sheets as individual bed signs
in the demonstration garden. Each sign provides crop-specific
information and instructions, including planting, growing, and
harvesting tips. |
| Planting and Harvest Calendar | A tool for gauging your planting and harvesting times, for most vegetables, throughout the season |
| Crop Rotation Worksheet |
A template to plan and record crop rotations through garden beds, over time. This form helps to enable efficient, disease and pest reducing crop-rotation practices. |
| Garden Planning Worksheet |
A sheet to help plan and organize planting, location, and the amount of space needed. Excel sheet, given bed ft, number of rows within bed, and in-row spacing of plants, will automatically calculate number of plants needed |
| Planting Record |
A record for seeding and transplanting of specific varieties - dates, quantity, location, etc. |
| Harvest Record |
A place to record performance and quantity of specific varieties at harvest time |
| Donation/Harvest Record |
Space to list crops harvested on each date, as well as total weight of harvest, harvest notes, and indication of donation/destination. |
| Garden Journal |
For each day in the garden, provides space
for general notes and observations, to-do lists, and long-term plans. |
| Oregon Tilth Demo. Garden Map |
A map of Oregon Tilth's demonstration garden at Luscher Farm. Beds numbered for planning purposes. |
| Farm Internship and Job Resources |
A list of resources and links to organizations that offer farm internships, apprenticeships, and jobs. |
| En Español |
Herramientas de planear para el jardín |
