![]() ![]() This will help reduce any erosion from rainfall, walking, etc.īut in general, it doesn’t matter whether you have the rows run North to South, or East to West. If you are gardening on a slope, you should have your rows run perpendicular to the slope, no matter what. Should the garden rows go East to West, or North to South? Less food for your plant, means less size and vegetable yield. Less sunlight will mean less photosynthesis, and less food for your plant. If this is not possible for some reason, then place taller plants straight west of shorter plants. ![]() This is very important, as short pepper plants behind tall tomato plants will not receive much sunlight. When planning your garden and planning rows, you need to keep shorter vegetables to the South of taller vegetables. Why you should keep shorter plants on the South side of taller plants Plus, it will help prevent you from buying or growing too many plants. But, when I follow these steps I ensure that I won’t over-plant or overcrowd my garden. I often find that I have to go through several iterations for my garden. That’s it! You’ve now got a plan for your garden this year. A simple straight edge and graph paper is all you need to plan your garden! ![]() I often find that I have to use an eraser to make corrections, adjust quantities, etc. Make sure you don’t have shorter plants on the Northern side of taller plants, or they may get shaded out.Ħ – Continue drawing you vegetable plants until you have filled up your garden, or exhausted all of your plants. Also, note the height in feet or cm in the circle. Draw a circle with the same diameter (distance across) as the spacing. ![]() We have a quick reference guide for typical height and spacing of vegetable plants.ĥ – Start drawing in the vegetables, represented as circles on your garden. Also, note their typical heights and spacing. This allows you to freely walk and move throughout your garden without damaging plants.Ĥ – List out the vegetables you would like to grow, and the quantities. In general you should have at least 18″-24″ (45-60 cm) between rows in your vegetable garden. This will serve as dividers between your garden rows. This step helps you visualize and think about if there will be any shading issues.ģ – Sketch walkways, or path ways. Any tree or building should be sketched in a rough manner. But, do this for what is practical and logical for your garden.Ģ – Next, sketch a compass to note the directions North, South, East, and West. Draw this to scale, so, if you have a full grid on your paper, it is easy to have each ‘square’ represent 1 foot (30 cm). Sketch the entire perimeter, noting a gate if there is one. A list of your vegetables, with their typical heights and spacingġ – S ketch out your garden layout.It just makes it easy to do any sketching and keep your garden scale in mind. It is really nice, as is a series of joined 5×5 grids, with the outer margin gridlines darker. You can find a link to it on Amazon at our recommended products page. I prefer ‘engineering paper’ and it is what you will see me using.Keep taller vegetables on the north or west side of the garden to prevent shading on shorter plants. Finally, draw a circle to represent each vegetable plant, with the diameter sized to the recommended plant’s spacing. Plan your garden by drawing the garden borders on graph paper to scale. One thing you want to avoid is to overcrowding our gardens with too many plants and in the wrong locations! After you’ve determined your garden location and size, take the time to properly plan your garden to avoid an overcrowded garden! When Spring time arrives everyone gets very excited for getting their vegetable gardens started. ![]()
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