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Working with garden space that has average sunlight for vegetables.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 5/24/23 at 12:07 pm
8'x7' amount of space. Would it be best to split it up and do two 8'x 3' with a 1' gap between or use the full space?
Also, for an area of yard that gets partial/close to full sun, what would be worth growing? Baton Rouge area.
Also, for an area of yard that gets partial/close to full sun, what would be worth growing? Baton Rouge area.
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Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:03 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Raised or in ground?
If I did my 12x6 raised over again, it'd be to split up into two. I hate having to lean over for maintenance, pruning, picking weeds, harvesting, etc.
If I did my 12x6 raised over again, it'd be to split up into two. I hate having to lean over for maintenance, pruning, picking weeds, harvesting, etc.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:56 pm to AutoYes_Clown
Raised.
This post was edited on 5/24/23 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:03 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
8 x 7 is a bit of an odd situation. Raised beds are that way so you can plant and not walk on the soil so reaching to the center of a bed 7 ft. wide will be a bit of a stretch, especially working around plants on the outside edges.
That 1 ft. between beds will be more of a PITA that it is probably worth. Too narrow to walk down and work both sides of the 2 beds, if grass is growing in that 1 ft. area it will need to be cut by a weed-eater or have the grass removed and some type gravel or mulch put down.
That 1 ft. between beds will be more of a PITA that it is probably worth. Too narrow to walk down and work both sides of the 2 beds, if grass is growing in that 1 ft. area it will need to be cut by a weed-eater or have the grass removed and some type gravel or mulch put down.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 5:50 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
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8'x7' amount of space. Would it be best to split it up and do two 8'x 3' with a 1' gap between or use the full space? Also, for an area of yard that gets partial/close to full sun, what would be worth growing? Baton Rouge area.
I would break it up but likely go 8 x 2 1/2, so you have have 2 feet between beds - easier for you to navigate. Honestly you can grow just about common vegetable you’d like in partial to near full sun - I wouldn’t overthink it.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 5:53 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Herb garden maybe. Greens in winter. That is small unless you grown climbers.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 11:06 pm to gumbo2176
We have a patch grass that is pretty useless with a chain link fence behind that helps cut off the backyard from the driveway. Unfortunately it is not a completely straight fence. Even if I were to take it out, the land dips and there's also massive tree roots behind.
This was just the area what we could use at a max if chose to do so.
But yeah, 1 foot space is awfully tight. I wasn't sure if there was a recommended width for vegetables/fruit to grow and I figured it would be a safer bet to go wider
This was just the area what we could use at a max if chose to do so.
But yeah, 1 foot space is awfully tight. I wasn't sure if there was a recommended width for vegetables/fruit to grow and I figured it would be a safer bet to go wider
Posted on 5/25/23 at 2:35 am to BilbeauTBaggins
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I wasn't sure if there was a recommended width for vegetables/fruit to grow
I have 5 rows, each 50 ft. long and for things like tomatoes that grow tall and very bushy, I like to plant them about 3 ft. apart in the rows and by the time they are done, they are touching each other in the rows.
Other summer plants like peppers and eggplant, I plant them about 18 in. apart. Things like zucchini and yellow squash, about 2 ft. apart since they grow huge with large leaves.
Okra grows tall and not real bushy and I plant them 18 in. apart. All rows are approximately 3 ft. apart.
Things like pole beans and cucumbers I will grow on a trellis and mine are all at least 6 ft. tall with the lengths in the 24 ft. range.
Things like most herbs are better in a pot is what I've found. The only 2 herbs I have in my garden right now are sweet basil and rosemary. The 3 sweet basil plants are in an area about 10 ft. square and are filling that area. The rosemary is getting huge too being about as big around as a 55 gallon drum footprint.
Mint will overtake an inground garden spot spreading like a weed so I grow that in a large pot. So be careful what you put in the soil.
This post was edited on 5/25/23 at 2:42 am
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