So, I'm planning to have 10 beds, each about 8 feet by a little less than 4 feet, maybe 40 inches?
The first few beds are in the shade. Beds 3 through 5 have some semi-sun and beds 6 - 10 are also in the shade. Good thing I love my leafy greens as they don't require full sun!!!
I am keeping my perennials (that don't mind some shade) furthest from the house (hence in the first labeled beds) because they require the least amount of care.
1) perennial ground cherry, chamomile, parsley (biennial) / mint and other perennial berries
2) perennial strawberries, perennial asparagus / perennial spinach and rhubarb
3) early harvest onion / early harvest snap peas
later harvest squash (pumpkin, cucumber, with nasturtium / later harvest beans and eggplant
(nasturtium and cucumber want lots of water and sandy soil, maybe I should put them next to the lettuce)
4) early harvest snap peas / heirloom tomato, marigold, basil
later harvest peppers
5) garlic (planted last fall)
Wisconsin 55 tomato, marigold, basil / paste tomato, marigold, basil
6) cabbage and dill / leeks
7) Carrot and chive / early lettuce and spinach
later slow bolt lettuce and spinach
8) Spinach / Kale
9) Collards / Chard (wants full sun, needs to be moved)
10) Extras
I am growing a lot of tomatoes for canning, also pickling cucumbers, red cabbage to be canned as well as freezing kale, chard, collards and spinach, drying peppers, keep onions and winter squash in the basement, turn strawberries, ground cherries and rhubarb to jam. When I get there, I'll have to do another post reviewing the info out there on putting things by. I haven't canned tomato paste before, but I've canned my own salsa before and know it's very easy, so I feel confident in growing a lot of tomatoes. Also, isn't that the impetus for this garden in the first place!?!?!
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