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lets see a map of your vegetable garden plan.

war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
edited February 2023 in Fruit & veg
lets see a map of your garden plan for 2023.
so many people very seem have trouble at planning
their vegetable  gardens so let's' help each other by
posting our plan so everyone can see them and help
 find problem each others plans help each others correct them.
I will post my plan later. 

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  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    edited February 2023
    pansyface 
    how about few details of were each vegetable 
    is planted in the vegetable area. 
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    My plan for this year is Toms, Cukes, Peppers. Basil and Passion fruit in the GH - some salad in there during April and May.  Dustbins with Courgette, French beans. Ridge cukes and more Toms. Troughs with various salads 
    1 Raised bed has Rosemary, Chives, Strawberry as a semi permanent planting.  Mint in a separate pot. The remaining beds will have whatever I think will do most successfully.  No idea what the weather holds for us this season but will no doubt include carrot, Lettuce, Mustard, Rocket, Sugar Snaps and maybe Physalis  Bit too early in the season to be definite. May also try some Winter Greens but they were disappointing last year.
    That's the best thing about plans - be prepared to alter them according to the conditions  ;)  

       
  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    I don't have a plan, I don't have a veg patch as such. I grow fruit and veg in amongst the flowers. I am hoping to give sweetcorn a go this year, though I say that every year.... Toms will grow between the verbena and hollyhocks, kale at the front of the bed by the chard and osteospurmum. Will put other veg wherever it'll fit
  • NormandyLizNormandyLiz Posts: 788
    Like @gjautos, I don't have a dedicated veg patch. I have 4 beds, mostly newly dug over the winter, and they will get filled not quite at random but a bit. 3 of the beds will have "talls", so toms, beans and peas, cucumbers are going to go up a fence. Salads will end up in the shadier patches, squashes draped over edges of the drive, courgettes down by the bog area, etc. And in between perennials and shrubs, mostly already planted, and then annuals to fill the gaps. 

    I do know what I want it to look like (downhill with a following wind), but I couldn't call it a plan as such.
  • EmptyheadtimeEmptyheadtime Posts: 366
    edited February 2023
    I think most gardeners 'plans' are too varied to offer help in the way you suggest? Maybe this is more aimed at those with allotments though.
    My 'plan' is in my head, not on paper.
    Out the back Tomatoes will be in their usual pots and baskets in their usual sunny spot along with chillies. Herbs mixed in with the flower beds and some such as mint in pots (but most are perennial so not sowing them). Out the front Strawberries are in the usual bed with runners to be taken and planted in the empty spot this year to replace them for next year as they are getting old. Salad bed is where it has always been as its raised and easy to pick from as we need it. Raspberries are where they always are. So no point 'planning' any of these.
    I have another 4, small,  sections I roughly rotate for potatoes, peas, cabbages, brocoli, purple sprouting, garlic, leeks, shallots and anything else that takes my fancy (maybe kale). I succession sow in various quantities depending how much space I have which depends on what I have eaten or had success with growing, so a formal plan doesn't work for this reason. Back when I had my allotment I had a more formal plan so as I said this may be better answered by them.

    Edit...I forgot about my French beans.
  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    I have an allotment which I've divided into 4 beds which I rotate my crops around as much as I can, plus permanent fruit beds, a flower bed and wild areas. 
    I've never drawn out a plan, I don't need to. Maybe it's part laziness I don't know. 
    For me growing veg is a hobby, a relaxation. Planners were the bane of my working life, so it might be that I just have no use for one.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I have a plan in my head of seeds to sow and plugs to buy but nothing on paper.  

    What I plant and when depends on weather and available time and whether or not I can get a seep hose into the bed for things like squashes.   Tomatoes all go in the polytunnel to protect them from blight.   The PT beds get a good deep layer of garden compost each year to condition the soil and a seep hose for watering.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    looks like i was correct. you all
    don't seem  know how plan properly. 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    war garden 572 said:
    looks like i was correct. you all
    don't seem  know how plan properly. 
    Charming! 

    In your 13 word post you made four grammatical errors. Writing properly is an important quality for a budding author.
    Rutland, England
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I plan to have tomatoes in pots against the south-facing garage wall, one or two courgette plants in bigger tubs, maybe an outdoor cucumber or two also in tubs, some salad leaves shallower square tubs that fit nicely under my mini-polytunnel, and maybe some potatoes in bags if I have enough compost left.
    I don't have space for a dedicated veg plot and the waiting list for allotments is apparently many years long - dead men's shoes literally, they are so scarce here, so I plan for the space I have. Whether that's "properly" or not I don't much care - it works for me.


    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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