Every year, about six weeks before planting time, I start thinking about the garden again. Here in Grand Junction, spring doesn’t rush in. It arrives slowly, teasing us with warm afternoons before the last frost finally passes sometime around late April or early May. That makes early March the perfect time to sit down with a cup of tea and make a plan.

I love using my Homestead Companion! I wanted to begin planning to use my small garden space efficiently, so I requested:

“I live in Zone 6B. I want to plan an apothecary herb garden in a raised garden bed with dimensions of 72 in. L x 25.28 in. W x 30 in. H (a total of 7.8 cubic feet). The design is shown. It is October 17. Plan the garden for me.” I uploaded a photo of my raised garden bed. Here are the results!