This last bed group sums up my rotation plans I'll be testing the limits of earliness, but I have blocked together what historically has been finished around the same time (peas, staggered radish plantings, and lettuce) knowing that when they come out first, they can be replaced by the curcubits which need more of a head start, and then when the second part of the early planting (beets, onions, broccoli) come out the more vigorous, "lets take over this place" curcurbits don't dominate the scene.
Nasturtiums of course being what I think much of last years surviving curcurbits owe their life to. The bugs pretty much left the squash and cukes alone because of them (the increased wasp population probably helped matters as well.)
So thats it, in terms of years, the beds follow the 1,2,3,4 numbering. I'm wary about having short periods between solanacea crops, but time will tell. I really should have 6 beds.
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