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✅ Garden Bed Math

Yard microclimate sheet

Garden or bed: Date:

  • Sketch of the lot, north at the top, with house, fences, paving and downspouts
  • Sun and shade at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m., start of the season
  • The same three times at mid season and at the end of the season
  • Soil temperature at about 2 inches in each spot, same time of day
  • Low spots where water sits or frost stays white the longest
  • Warm spots beside south or west walls and paving
  • Windy strips and still corners
  • First and last frost seen in each spot this year

Notes:

Garden Bed Math · gardenbedmath.com/zones/guides/microclimates-in-one-yard/ · Planning guide, not a guarantee.