"but they're so little, they can't really need that much space!". Or the tag that came with the seedling from the garden center. Follow the recommended plant spacings on your seed packet This is where manyīeginning (and not so beginning!) gardeners get tripped up. Plant write down how much space that plant needs. When figuring out how many plants to buy from the nursery (or startĪhead of time indoors) or how many seeds to plant. Single zucchini plant, so knowing proper spacings is very important SpacingĪ single carrot plant obviously takes up a lot less garden space than a Of which vegetables do you eat now? Try to be realistic whenĪllotting precious garden space on your vegetable garden layout.
Plant will provide many 18-24" long leaves, and one zucchini plant might makeįour or five squashes a week if you harvest them when little and tender. Much bigger than what you buy in the supermarket, so consider that a healthy chard To that write how many of each plant you think you'll need. On another sheet make a list of everything you plan to grow, and next
And remember you'll need to drag a hose around and get in Look cool, but its a lot easier to do a vegetable garden layout on paper than it is on the ground. I would suggest keeping your garden small and simple if you are just starting out,Īnd avoiding anything fancy like circle gardens or winding paths. Tops of the plants invariably hang over the paths, I can still It's wide enough to drag a hose down, but when the You can generally reach farther over a raised bed than and So whether raised or in-ground, figure out how far you can reach over comfortably,Īnd make your bed twice that wide (you'll reach the other side of theīed from the next path over). It compacts the soil and restricts root growth. You need to beĪble to reach over to the middle of the bed because of this ironclad Wider beds because you'll be able to reach over further. You're going to lay out beds and paths on your graph paper, and here's There will be times you need to get a hose in there. Even if you're going to use drip irrigation or leaky pipe, So that you can drag a hose up the path between beds, rather thanĪcross a bed. Shade in some places that isn't there now. This out before the trees leaf out in the spring, that there may be Or on regular paper with 1-foot marks made with a ruler along the bottomĪnd sides. Next draw out your garden space to scale on a sheet of graph paper, (Soil is a living ecosystem, not dead bits of rock.) Step 2: The Ground Plan But any style garden will work provided you care for your soil. They each have advantages and disadvantages.īut that "good ol'" rototilled, parallel row garden is largely a thing of the past, because it wastes so much space, destroys the soil ecosystem and creates a hardpan just below the depth of the tines.Īfter trying out all the methods above and then some, I now garden in 42" wide in-ground beds with 18" wide paths between, that are never tilled or walked on, and are rich, loose and friable after years of compost, appropriate minerals and microbial teas. There is also a technique called “ Square Foot Gardening” and if you're going to do that, buy the book and follow their spacings.Įxplore the links above if you are not yet sure which technique you want to use. Read more at pros and cons of raised bed gardening. Raised beds are beautiful and are extremely popular, but they have some drawbacks you may not be aware of. Your vegetable garden layout is determined in part by which technique you’re going to use. Vegetable Garden Layout Step-by-Step Step 1: Decide Which Method You'll Use Throughout the summer and will increase your yields come fall. Taking time now when doing your layout will make your workload easier Taking all these factors into consideration at once can be daunting atįirst! But I'll make it easy for you by breaking it all down into a step-by-step plan.
A Carefully-Designed Vegetable Garden Layout
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