February 6, 2009: 2009 Garden Plan Update (edited)

* I had a few errors and omissions in the original post, so here is the edited version. See, Sinfonian, I'm not planting all determinate tomatoes, I had them labeled wrong! I also left out Daphne's pumpkins, and had the sugar snap peas too close to the potatoes...after viewing a photo of last year's garden, I saw that I had more room there than I had remembered . I've also included a view of the garden in its entirety.

You knew I couldn't stick with my original plan, didn't you? Well, you were right, I just had to mess with it some more. Heck, half the fun of gardening is in the planning!

Here's my new plan for the east garden. I've decided to use my three-tube sprinkler hoses this year, upside down, covered with mulch and turned on low for a "poor man's drip system". They show in the photos as the green strips through the beds (they will run through all the beds, not just where shown here).

*Note: after you click on the photo to enlarge it, you might have to click on it again for the full size, so you can read the labels.




The unused dog kennel will make good 6' trellises for the peas and pole beans. The bare spots will eventually have some type of shade loving plants.




And, finally, the north garden.




The north garden tomato bed plan assumes the seeds I plan to start actually grow.

And here is the garden in its entirety.




There will also be a west garden available for more tomatoes, if I need to use it. I'm still working on Mr. H to move the north garden fence out another 5 feet, which would give me room for more container plants.