Dynamic Romanian Garden Planner

Number of People:

Garden Plan for 3 People

Based on the original plan for 3 people. Total Estimated Garden Area for Crops: 800 m²

1. Crop Allocation Table

Crop Name	Area (m²)	Yield (kg)	Calories Produced	When to Plant	When to Harvest	Storage Duration (Months)

*Calorie calculations are estimates based on average values. Actual yield depends on many factors.

2. Yearly Planting and Harvesting Calendar (with Season Extension Options)

This calendar shows typical timings for Romania Zone 6-7 and assumes greenhouse use. It does *not* scale with family size.

Key:
🌱 Field Planting 🥕 Field Harvesting
🪴🌱 Planting Under Cover (Greenhouse/Polytunnel) 🪴🥕 Harvesting Under Cover (Greenhouse/Polytunnel)
Decades: 1 = Days 1-10, 2 = Days 11-20, 3 = Days 21-End.

Crop	Jan			Feb			Mar			Apr			May			Jun			Jul			Aug			Sep			Oct			Nov			Dec
Crop	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
Potatoes											🌱	🌱	🌱	🌱									🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕
Sweet Potatoes								🪴🌱	🪴🌱						🌱												🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕
Sweet Corn														🌱	🌱								🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕
Pumpkin/Squash												🪴🌱	🌱	🌱													🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕
Beans (Dry)														🌱	🌱										🥕	🥕	🥕
Cabbage				🪴🌱	🪴🌱				🌱	🌱							🥕	🥕	🥕	🌱	🌱							🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕
Onions									🌱	🌱	🌱													🥕	🥕	🥕
Carrots					🪴🌱	🪴🌱		🌱	🌱	🌱			🪴🥕	🪴🥕		🪴🥕			🥕	🥕	🌱	🥕						🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕
Tomatoes				🪴🌱	🪴🌱		🪴🌱					🌱	🌱	🌱						🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕
Garlic																				🥕	🥕									🌱	🌱
Beets					🪴🌱	🪴🌱		🌱	🌱	🌱			🪴🥕	🪴🥕		🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🌱	🌱							🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕
Zucchini/Summer Squash											🪴🌱	🪴🌱	🌱	🌱					🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕
Peppers				🪴🌱	🪴🌱		🪴🌱						🌱	🌱									🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕
Lettuce/Greens	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🌱🪴🥕	🪴🌱🪴🥕	🪴🌱🪴🥕	🌱🪴🥕	🌱🪴🥕	🌱🥕🪴🥕	🌱🥕	🌱🥕	🌱🥕	🌱🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕	🥕			🌱🪴🌱	🌱🪴🌱	🌱🥕🪴🌱	🥕🪴🌱	🥕🪴🥕	🥕🪴🥕	🥕🪴🥕	🥕🪴🥕	🥕🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕	🪴🥕

3. Monthly Food Availability Summary Table (Garden Only)

This table summarizes the estimated kilograms and calories available each month **from the garden**, distinguished between freshly harvested produce and produce from storage. Values scaled based on number of people.

Month	Fresh Produce (kg)	Stored Produce (kg)	Total Food Available (kg)	Fresh Calories	Stored Calories	Total Calories (Garden Only)

Note: Garden kg/calorie figures are scaled estimates. Excludes calories from supplementary Chicken and Eggs.

4. Detailed Monthly Food Breakdown & Meal Plan Concepts

This table breaks down potential monthly garden food availability and provides **conceptual weekly meal plans** incorporating garden produce, scaled chicken/egg supplements (pork not included in this version).

Month	Available Garden Produce & Weekly Meal Plan Concepts

Note: Meal plan concepts are illustrative. Actual meals depend on preference, specific harvests, preservation success, and external ingredients. Quantities needed will vary based on family size.

5. Seasonal Eating Guide

Fall (September - November)

Focus on harvesting, preserving, and storing garden crops. Enjoy the last summer bounty and main storage crops. Greenhouse extends fresh tomatoes, peppers, greens. Weekly chicken and daily eggs supplement meals.

Harvest Stew with Chicken

Combine abundant fresh vegetables (potatoes, carrots, onions, squash) with chicken pieces, cooked beans, fresh or preserved tomatoes. Season well.

Roasted Roots & Squash

Roast plentiful fresh potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, garlic, and winter squash. Serve alongside roasted chicken pieces or with eggs.

Winter (December - February)

Rely heavily on stored root crops, cabbage, winter squash, dried beans, preserved goods, weekly chicken, and eggs. Greenhouse provides valuable fresh greens.

Varză Călită (Braised Cabbage) w/ Chicken

Use stored or GH cabbage. Sauté onions/garlic, add cabbage, maybe caraway. Cook slowly. Serve alongside potatoes or mix in cooked chicken pieces.

Hearty Bean Soup

Utilize dried beans with stored carrots, onions, potatoes for a warming soup. Serve with boiled eggs.

Spring (March - May)

Use the last of stored garden foods. Welcome fresh greens (GH then field). Eggs remain constant, chicken weekly.

Spring Greens Salad w/ Eggs

Combine abundant fresh greens with hard-boiled eggs. Use last stored roots thinly sliced if desired.

Chicken Stir-fry w/ Early Greens

Stir-fry chicken pieces with stored onions/garlic and finish by wilting in lots of fresh spring greens.

Summer (June - August)

Abundance of fresh vegetables from garden and GH. Combine with weekly chicken and daily eggs. Preservation season.

Ghiveci (Vegetable Medley) w/ Eggs

Sauté onions/garlic. Add chunks of fresh zucchini, peppers, tomatoes. Simmer. Serve topped with fried or poached eggs.

Grilled Chicken & Summer Veg

Grill chicken pieces alongside fresh corn, zucchini slices, peppers. Serve with fresh tomato salad.

6. Monthly Garden Activity Calendar

January: Plan garden & GH layout, review notes, order seeds, check stored produce. Harvest overwintered GH greens.
February: Start seeds indoors/GH: early Cabbage, Peppers, Tomatoes, Lettuce. Harvest overwintered GH greens. Sow hardy greens in GH.
March: Prepare beds. Direct sow hardy field crops: Carrots, Beets, Lettuce, Onions. Transplant early Cabbage (field under protection?). Continue GH sowing/harvesting.
April: Main field planting: Potatoes, Carrots, Beets, Onions. Transplant hardened-off Cabbage, Lettuce. Start tender crops indoors/GH if not done (Tomatoes, Peppers, Squash). Transplant early GH starts to field/larger GH space. Harvest early GH greens/roots.
May: Plant frost-sensitive crops in field after last frost: Tomatoes, Peppers, Sweet Potatoes, Corn, Beans, Squash, Zucchini (transplants from GH/direct sow). Succession plant quick crops (field/GH). Harvest early field/GH crops (lettuce, radish, spinach, early beets/carrots).
June: Harvest early field crops: Cabbage, Beets, Lettuce, Carrots. Monitor pests/diseases. Plant fall crops (field/GH starts): Cabbage, Carrots, Beets. Consistent watering. Harvest early GH tomatoes/peppers.
July: Main summer harvest begins: Field Tomatoes, Zucchini, Peppers, Corn, Garlic, Carrots, Beets. Continue GH tomato/pepper harvest. Preserve surplus. Plant fall crops/successions (field/GH).
August: Peak summer harvest. Preserve heavily. Water deeply. Sow cover crops in harvested field areas. Sow fall/winter greens in GH.
September: Harvest main storage crops: Potatoes, Onions, Corn, Dry Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes, Squash, Sweet Potatoes. Continue fall greens harvest (field/GH). Plant overwintering greens in GH. Fall cleanup begins.
October: Harvest Winter Squash, Sweet Potatoes, remaining Potatoes, fall Carrots, Beets, Cabbage (field/GH). Plant Garlic. Clean up field debris. Mulch beds/cover crops. Harvest late GH tomatoes/peppers before frost kills them.
November: Final field harvests (hardy greens, roots, cabbage). Finish field cleanup. Store tools. Evaluate season. Harvest protected crops in GH (greens, roots, cabbage).
December: Field dormant. Protect overwintering field crops. Check stored produce. Plan for next year. Harvest hardy greens/roots from GH.

7. Notes on Self-Sufficiency

Self-sufficiency notes will be generated based on the number of people entered.