Planet Veggie Garden

Garden Section A

Garden Section B

Garden Section C

We spent last weekend pulling out the tomato and cucumber plants – just about the last of plants.

We then moved a couple boxes and set up a couple new boxes.

The garden is now divided into three section (A, B, C).
Looking back at Guide to Rotating and As the Garden Turns we’ve divided it this way to accommodate different crop families.
We’ve further sub-divided it to accommodate rotation within the families.

So here’s how it will work:

Section A: is for legumes (beans, peas), lilies (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and carrots.
Crops planted in boxes 1, 2 and 3 will be rotated so what was in box 1 will be planted in box 2 the following year, then box 3 the next year. Box 4 and the bins along the fence are for “overflow/anywhere” plants.

Section B: This section gets the most sun and was the section we redid over the weekend.
Beds 1 and 2 are actually concrete pavers held up with stakes. (I’m going to tidy that up this weekend.) Hard to see in the picture but each of those beds is divided in half with pavers.

We filled them with soil and horse manure. Then covered them with plastic. This is to get the soil very hot to kill off any weed seeds that may be in there.

Bed #3 we set up as a no-dig bed.

Section B is for tomato, melon/cuke/squash and cruciferous – broccoli, kale, collards, mustard. In addition to the boxes, there’s a wide ailse between Section B and C. We plan to park banana boxes at the end of the beds.

We’ll be rotating the four sections of beds #1 & #2. As for the no-dig – we’ll see how that one goes.

Section C: gets the least sun, therefore, we’re putting lettuce, spinach, kale, chard, mustard and beets over there. We had rehabbed those two boxes and had quite a lot planted in them. Unfortunately the only thing unpalatable to our rodent guests was the celery.

One of the beds that was moved over the weekend was parked at the end of those two beds. It’s a narrow bed. We’re planting various herbs in that one.
And there’s a no-dig in the far corner we set up a couple months back. We had some very nice kale going in that one. Apparently a rodent fav. I’m thinking about putting sweet potatoes in there. Now being the time to do that.

We still have a bit more work to do to the soil in a few of the beds.
We also have some seed starts going, tho we’re still not completely clear of the rodent issue. Once that’s clear, we’ll plant them.

Here’s the breakdown of our growing area:
Section A: 86.5 sf
Section B: 95 sf
Section C: 100.5 sf
Out of view…
Lettuce bed: 6.5 sf
Berries: 32 sf
Banana boxes and containers: 9 sf
Total planting space: 330 sf
Fruit trees: Lemon, Apricot, Persimmon, Pineapple Guava, Blood Orange, Fremont Tangerine, Satsuma Tangerine

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