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I’ve been working at it for awhile now, but within the next week I will finalize the schedule for the entire farming season. It includes seeding dates, transplanting targets, and all sorts of reminders.

I started building this about 5 years ago and I’m not sure I remember how to run a farm without it! The biggest difference is not having to keep all of it in your head, that day-to-day management is eased a lot by simply referring to the master schedule.

It gets better and better each year as each season when we re-assess everything, you can add things that are important. As of last year we’re adding things like foliar nutrition applications and fall soil prep end dates to the schedule. It helps us get smarter and more efficient with time management, and allows us to adjust every year. By the time it is done we will have over 300 line items on this spreadsheet that will guide us and our season from March to October.

But mostly it takes the energy of thinking during the season out of the equation, so you can focus entirely on what’s actually happening.

I know there are programs out there to help with seeding schedules and such, but I have found that I enjoy the exercise of updating this specific schedule to our own specific farm, tailored for what we need to get accomplished, and what works for us.

Over the season, the grower makes a million decisions, and to be able to save some brain power on the organization side that can be diverted to real-time decisions makes a huge difference, especially as the season goes on, the days get shorter and just like nature, we start getting tired and are needing some rest.

Graham

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