Seed Exchange!

[mousme]

I'm going to the seed exchange on Sunday with ai731! Whee!

The problem is that I have WAY more garden ideas than I actually have room in the garden. Uh, oops?

Part of me is squeeing and declaring "I want lettuce and carrots and tomatoes and peppers and onions and ooh! maybe I should try broccoli again, and what about chives and leeks and potatoes and of course I'll need several varieties of squash and zucchini and I wonder if cucumbers can grow in this climate and..."

The other part of me is trying desperately to put on the brakes: "Uh, yeah. Where exactly were you planning to plant all that?"

Eesh.

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Where are you planning to plant all that?

[kiwano.livejournal.com]

Why, you interplant them, of course. Just look at your vegetables, and which of them grow predominantly above-ground as opposed to below-ground, what are their growing seasons, which are nitrogen givers vs. takers. Forget putting on the brakes; look into good sets of companion plants, and laugh shamelessly at the part of yourself that would have set aside 3 distinct plots for corn, beans, and squash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)).

mirandaaskew's front garden is all of maybe 2' by 6', and supports plants which can yield (depending on the weather) somewhere in the neighbourhood of a bushel of tomatoes, 3-4 butternut squash, some unestimated quantity of garlic, chives, (black) mustard, savory/oregano, and I'm sure a few other plants that I'm forgetting.