Before heading over to your neighborhood garden center, print this checklist to remember all the supplies you need in one trip. PLANTS ODDS & ENDS Select the right plant for the location. Observe the o Decorative Pot/Window Box/Hanging Basket sunlight morning, noon, and again in evening o Shepard’s Hook assess the daily sunlight exposure. o Sunscreen/Hat • Full Sun o Support Stakes/Cages for Tomatoes • Part Sun o Twine/Plant Ties • Shade o Lawn Chair/Furniture/Table/Cushion • Low Maintenance o Patio Umbrella • Moderate Maintenance (Consider water, o Wind Chime/Lights/Ornaments light, and fertilizing requirements.) o Bird Netting • Measure – know how much to purchase o Yard Waste Bags before you go to the store. o Pest or Weed Control o Annuals (last one season) #______________ ANYTHING ELSE? o Perennials (come back every year) #_______ _______________________________________ GARDEN ESSENTIALS o Soil _______________________________________ o Fertilizer o Seed _______________________________________ o Mulch/Gravel* o Plastic _______________________________________ o Landscape Fabric o Wood Stain/Paint/Brush _______________________________________ TOOLS _______________________________________ Have the necessary tools to make your job easier. _______________________________________ o Shovel/Spade/Scraper/Edger o Rake /Pitchfork/Hoe _______________________________________ o Trowel/Cultivator/Weeder o Gloves _______________________________________ o Pruner/Saw/Trimmer o Bucket/Wagon/Wheelbarrow o Hose/Nozzle/Watering Can How Much Do You Need? * Download an app Harvest Landscape Calculator from Harvest Power is a nice, calculator-style app where you enter the square footage of your your garden bed and material depth to find exactly how many bags of mulch are needed for your project. Calculate the cubic feet of material required Width in feet x length in feet = square footage Square footage x depth of material (3 inches) ÷ 12 inches = cubic feet.