Review criteria
- +Crop by bed and succession
- +Seed and transplant dates
- +Expected harvest window
- +Bed-utilization view
Herb Farm Crop Plan
The Herb Farm Crop Plan is a copy-ready spreadsheet for herb farm that tracks crops, bed, seed date, harvest, succession. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 20 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up
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What’s inside “Herb Farm Crop Plan”
Tabs: How to use · Plan · This weekFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 20 minutesColumns: 13
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Crop
- Variety
- Bed / field
- Succession
- Seed date
- Days to transplant
- Days seed to harvest
- Harvest weeks
- Bed feet
- Transplant date
- Harvest starts
- Harvest ends
- Now
- Open the Plan tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
- Short-lived herbs like cilantro and dill need sowing every 2 to 3 weeks; Now shows what to seed this week.
- Use your own days-to-harvest from past seasons.
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Herb Farm Crop Plan
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: growers planning herb successions. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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What to verify before choosing Herb Farm Crop Plan
Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Growers planning herb successions
- +Anyone maximizing bed use
Pause before choosing when
- -Automated scheduling
- -Weather integration
About Herb Farm
Why people consider this option
- +Track crop plans, harvests, and sales without paid software
- +Keep every planting and harvest in a file you own
- +Know yields and sales by crop
What to review before acting
- -No e-commerce or wholesale integration without a tool
- -Larger farms eventually need farm-management software
Trust FAQ
Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Herb Farm Crop Plan work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Herb Farm Crop Plan really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Herb Farm Crop Plan track?
It tracks crops, bed, seed date, harvest, succession. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.