Here is our garden in early July. First year in this spot, and only our second year growing anything. Last year we bought tomato, jalapeno, and basil plants and stuck them in the ground in a 4' by 12' plot. This year we started everything from seed. It is so much fun. A lot of hard work but so worth it.
These are 4' by 12' beds. Having them four feet wide allows us to reach in from both sides without having to step into the bed. Also, having the beds split up and having grass aisles is nice. No weeding between rows needed, and a nice soft spot to sit down and get to work. Plus...it's pretty, lol. I have to use the push mower around the garden. I attach the mulch bag to it and collect the clippings to use for mulch. We used rocks from Mark's parents farm to put a border around the beds. We still have a lot more beds in the back to put rocks around. The rocks are ones that Mark and his brothers collected from the fields over many years of their youth while helping their father work the fields.
We have six 4' by 12' beds to the west end. Then we have six 5' by 12' beds in the back, and two 2' by 40' beds going around the outside of the chicken run. I have them numbered on a garden map. Here's my breakdown of what we planted where...
4' by 12' beds
Bed 1: spinach, peas, lima beans, romaine
Bed 2: green beans, wax beans, carrots, beets
Bed 3: roma tomatoes, basil, marigolds
Bed 4: potatoes
Bed 5: cauliflower, broccoli
Bed 6: jalapenos, tabasco, bell peppers, basil,
oregano, cilantro/coriander
2' by 40' beds
Bed 7: rainbow grape tomatoes, cherry tomatoes,
marigolds, cucumbers, zucchini
Bed 8: sunflowers
5' by 12' beds
Bed 9: watermelon
Bed 10: canteloupe
Bed 11: sapomiel melon
Bed 12: birdhouse gourds
Bed 13: spaghetti squash
Bed 14: pumpkin
We planted half a bed at first on some things, planning on planting the other half a few weeks later to have a staggered harvest.
zucchini and cucumbers
Roma tomatoes, basil, and marigolds
Green beans, wax beans, carrots, beets
potatoes in background
lima beans, spinach, peas, romaine
peas, limas, spinach, romaine
jalapenos, tabasco, bell peppers, and cilantro
cucumbers
zucchini
mammoth gray stripe sunflowers
You can find the full list of what we planted here.
Update: Our cayenne never germinated. The bell peppers started but then fizzled out. Oregano germinated but didn't like being potted up. It got too hot for the broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, romaine, and peas. Our second planting on some things didn't make it because we had extremely high temps and dry weather through most of July. It just killed the seeds in the soil. We had a squash bug and cucumber beetle infestation. We lost all our zucchini. We planted a second bed and they are doing great. Chickens and rabbits, and something else keeps eating our spaghetti squash and pumpkins. But man oh man, those birdhouse gourds are growing!!
