The Planting Plan

This evening I've been working on how I will plant out the garden this year. I like to rotate the plants around and also companion plant (for beneficial as well as avoiding antagonists) as much as possible. I don't have a set rotation plan that I work off but kind of play it by ear yet taking into account what was where over the past 2 years (just as well for blogging...).

This year I am not doing corn - have had disappointing and mixed results over the past 2 years and I have other things I'd rather concentrate my time on I think.

I will be dotting 10 pumpkin and squash plants amongst the garden (including two in the back on an old compost heap).

I will be dotting sunflower plants everywhere - apparently good companions to pumpkins and squash (and they'll look good ;)). But need to keep them away from potatoes.

I will put my peas up the teepee with the beans.

I have created a wide bed on the right hand side of the garden this year that will have tomatoes up along the fence line and in front will be intercropped with beneficial plants (onions, carrots, spring onions, leeks, lettuces and celery).

Other plants will be plonked into beds with companions (that sounds dodgy).

Although my garlics are already on the go, I will put some beetroots amongst them and see how they go - apparently good for each other and since I don't seem to have much luck with beetroot, this will be a good experiment.