Getting Ready For Your Summer Garden? How To Map Your Garden Beds
What to consider when planning the garden beds:
Crop Rotation:
Focus on five vegetable plant families for rotation planning purposes:
- Allium Family: chive, garlic, leeks, onions, and shallots.
Eggplant - Solanaceae Family: eggplant, peppers, potatoes, tomatillo and tomatoes.
- Brassica Family: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mustard greens, radish, rutabaga, spinach, and turnip.
- Cucurbit Family: cucumbers, gourds, melons, pumpkin, and squash.
- Legume Family: beans and peas.
The plants in each family are grouped together and planted in the same beds.
Growing Vertical:
Tall trellised plants such as peas, pole beans, and indeterminate tomatoes are limited to the north end of the garden beds, so they don’t shade other plants.
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