Stretch your garden harvest by planting the same crop ten days later, and then again in ten more days.
lettuce and spinach will be suceeded by pepper plants
Another method is to replace one crop with another. For example, I’ll plant spinach in the early spring. As the weather gets warmer, I’ll plant green beans where the spinach was. I’ll plant half the row, and then, ten days later, I’ll finish planting the row with more green beans. Later, I’ll plant turnips in the row that grew green beans.
This method of gardening maximises your garden space. Even a tiny garden or big container can be used in this way.
Early peas will be replaced with green beans
Renee’s Garden has one of the most productive guides to using and reusing your garden space.
Renee’s Kitchen Garden Design Plans designed to maximize space.
Renee’s FAQs site gives you an organic gardeners short and sweet answer, not a science lecture. Her site is especially helpful on ferilizing and storing seed.
Zoning In
Find your plant hardiness zone. Use this guide to buy plants and learn when to sow seeds. I think the line between 6a and 6b runs right through my front yard. Depending on the investment – how much money I spend on the tree or plant – I go back and forth, my answer could be different on any given day. I live in zone 6a. Or is it 6b?
US National Arboretum “Web Version” of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
