The thick red and blue border lines in the layout map correspond to a trellis in that space. All the indeterminate (vine) tomatoes are getting trellised, and the determinate tomatoes are getting caged. I’ll be trying out several types of trellising such as orange snow fencing secured on a metal pipe frame; metal frame with vertical string for each plant; latticework cages; the california/florida weave;
I’ll be growing the following veggies vertically:
Tomatoes (some caged)
Peppers (caged)
Cucumbers
Beans
Peas
Cantaloupes
Pumpkin (small sugar, not big Max)
Watermelon
Winter Squash
Zucchini
Vegetable Marrow
Gourds
The potatoes and sweet potato will be grown in barrel containers and be hilled up with soil as they go giving more space for more tubers to grow.
Some amount of Companion planting has been planned into the layout, but for ease of organisation and maintenance this first year, I’ve done alot of block planting. I took care not to place anything by another plant it doesn’t do well next to.
I’m wanting to succession plant as well, but we’ll see how that goes when squares start to open up and how late in the season it is by then. I will also grow some items in the house like lettuce and celery just to see if I can.
I bought a rhubarb plant this weekend which is going into a large plastic pot of its own since I don’t want it to take over everything else. I may leave it in the front yard and keep the dog out of it since she would have much fun digging it out of the pot and then going for a victory run with it. also up for some container gardening are some strawberries and Ground Berries. the ground berries are another type of ground cherry which i just put into peat pellets yesterday. hopefully they sprout! I started more ground cherries too since the first packet had a disappointing germination rate compared to all the other seed types.
