This year we suffered from over-purchase syndrome. That affliction where you buy more plants than will fit in your space. That linked with the fact the plot at the end is actually smaller than it is supposed to be, something I had not planned for, made our original plan will not work out quite right.
Here is the plot, a bit weedy due to the fact we did not come out until May 24, due to the days of rain. We first removed the grass and used the hand tiller to break up the soil and remove the large weeds from the garden edge.
You can see the hand tiller to the left in this picture. It is a pole with three curved claws at the bottom. You place it in the ground and twist and it brings out weeds and breaks up soil. You can see the original plan I posted back on May. I put in the paths and measured off the garden and that was when I discovered the the plan was not going to work.
We were not able to put in three long beds and two short, instead we got two long beds on the sides and three short beds down the middle We planted tomatoes in one long bed as planned but it was shorter than it should have been so all the plants did not fit and we had to put the plants a bit closer together.
We purchased too many peppers and planted them into two beds leaving us with only one small bed for everything else and one long bed for the herbs. I think I am going to have to sacrifice at least part of the herb bed for more vegetables, as the kohlrabi, broccoli, beans and squash cannot possibly fit in the last bed. We lost the time for growing lettuce because of the heavy rains in May so we will try that experiment later in the season.
I will be growing some of the herbs in containers and will be planting onions and shallots in between the peppers. I will need to wait until the first week of June as it rained for five days straight starting with the evening of the day we planted these plants. That rain and the effect of cold weather on the plants will be covered next week.
Here is the plot, a bit weedy due to the fact we did not come out until May 24, due to the days of rain. We first removed the grass and used the hand tiller to break up the soil and remove the large weeds from the garden edge.
You can see the hand tiller to the left in this picture. It is a pole with three curved claws at the bottom. You place it in the ground and twist and it brings out weeds and breaks up soil. You can see the original plan I posted back on May. I put in the paths and measured off the garden and that was when I discovered the the plan was not going to work.
We were not able to put in three long beds and two short, instead we got two long beds on the sides and three short beds down the middle We planted tomatoes in one long bed as planned but it was shorter than it should have been so all the plants did not fit and we had to put the plants a bit closer together.
We purchased too many peppers and planted them into two beds leaving us with only one small bed for everything else and one long bed for the herbs. I think I am going to have to sacrifice at least part of the herb bed for more vegetables, as the kohlrabi, broccoli, beans and squash cannot possibly fit in the last bed. We lost the time for growing lettuce because of the heavy rains in May so we will try that experiment later in the season.
I will be growing some of the herbs in containers and will be planting onions and shallots in between the peppers. I will need to wait until the first week of June as it rained for five days straight starting with the evening of the day we planted these plants. That rain and the effect of cold weather on the plants will be covered next week.
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