How to Arrange my Vegetable Garden

by Ada
(Boise, ID)

I am starting a garden but not sure which order to put the vegetables in.

I have corn, tomatoes, broccoli, red and green bell peppers, jalapeno, cabbage, bush snap green beans, red onions, carrots and zucchini. I am just wanting a few suggestions on how to arrange the plantings.

My garden area is 20 ft by 14 ft.


ANSWER:

You will want to plant the tallest vegetables (corn) on the north side of your garden. That way they won't shade your other sun-loving vegetables.

Zucchini and tomatoes will probably be the next tallest-growing plants, so you can put them south of the corn.

Peppers, cabbage and green beans can be planted next.

The carrots and onions can go on the very south side of the garden.

In your area, (Boise, Idaho) you probably will have to wait until June to plant everything except the carrots, cabbage, broccoli and onions.

Corn, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, green beans are all very sensitive to frost. So be sure to wait until about 2 weeks past your last expected frost date to plant these vegetables.