Here is how things started, by the book, and I am intentionally leaving the exact square footages of the crops out. If you want those numbers, buy the book.
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Then phase two came along and This is essentially how things stand now.
So thats where I am at now, and you can kind of see with the late summer crops where things will be this winter. If all goes according to plan, the remaining warm weather crops in the lower bed will get swapped out with cold weather veggies to overwinter, before the cycle starts again with minor changes (most notably a change of bed locations).
My new goal is to come up with a reliable rotational system that keeps each plot continually productive. It is going to be an evolutionary process to achieve a real sense of flow with the seasons. And of course ideally I'd like to add another bed or two into the rotation.
2 comments:
You've really got things planned out! I hope to be as organized as you one day, but only having a tiny plot in a community garden only gives you so much leeway.
I didn't do anything like "switching out" crops between spring, summer, and fall. Do you have a good basic gardening book you could recommend that touches on these things as well as how to "stagger" crops (planting at different times for continuous supply)? So far I have been trying to, pretty much, learn from experience. I know experience is important, but it would be nice not to have to re-invent the wheel and be able to learn from mistakes others have already made.
Well written article.
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