Good garden plans will give you the best use of your space, big or small

Before you start digging up your backyard to plant a garden plans should be made to make the most of your garden layout. The first thing to do is decide how much space you can dedicate to your garden plans. This is obviously partly based on how much yard you want to give up, but it should also be partly based on how much space your chosen crops need. If you are planning to grow a lot of large vegetables, your garden layout needs to reflect that.

The best way to start your garden plans is to measure out the space you want to use and then draw out your garden layout on graph paper. That way, you will have a blueprint to work from as you plant your vegetable garden.

Your garden plans are like a blueprint to success, however your garden layout should be flexible.

You might find that once you draw out your garden plans, you decide to change a crop. This is fine – your garden layout is not set in stone. Having a plan on paper just give you a good head start.

Some of the other things to consider when laying out your vegetable garden plans include:

• Do you have pets that will be running around the yard? If so, think about fencing your garden off or planning your garden layout so they can't run through your freshly-planted crops.
• The same goes for children. If your kids are playing soccer or baseball in the backyard, you don't want them running through your garden.
• Think about how much time you have to water and maintain your garden. Don't plant an entire field of vegetables if you can only spend hour working on it every couple of days.
• Think about where your water faucets are. You'll need to water your garden regularly, so it should be somewhere that is within reach of your hose.

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