| | Plant | Number | Spacing | Spacing in Rows | Notes |
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Basil
| 6 | 7" | 5" x 9" | Plant starts after all danger of frost is gone about mid June with tomatoes. Harvest by cutting with scissors often in the morning is best. Harvest the flower buds BEFORE they open and the leaves any time they are large enough to use. Can store stems of fresh basil in a glass of water at room temp. or dice and blend with a little olive oil and freeze in icecube trays for a TBS. measure in recipes. |
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Beans (Pole)
| 6 | 9" | 5" x 1' 1" | *Get a "stringless" variety, Blue Lake and Kentucky Wonder are good producers. Plant 4-6 seeds spaced around each pole, set poles 16" apart. Or wrap teppee with netting and plant seeds 3" apart. Plant well after frost. Harvest often and they'll produce more! |
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Flower
| 6 | 7" | 5" x 7" | Plant flower starts after all danger of frost is gone about mid June |
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Lettuce (Crisphead)
| 6 | 9" | 7" x 11" | Direct seed mid spring or plant transplants.
Broadcasting leaf lettuce you can do cut-and-come-again method, cut about 1" above the soil level. Or for whole heads such as Romaine, space seeds according to package or plant starts. Harvest the entire plant when mature but still young, and tender. |
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Marigold
| 17 | 7" | 7" x 7" | Plant after all danger of frost is gone about mid June |
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Nasturtium
| 2 | 11" | 11" x 11" | Plant seeds at time of planting zuchinni
*Don't fertilize |
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Peas
| 16 | 3" | 3" x 7" | *Get a "stringless sugar snap" variety. Super Sugar Snap is a good one. Wrap teppee with netting, plant seeds 1" apart staggered on both sides of netting. Plant in early spring but does better if the soil has warmed. Harvest often before they get too big and starchy. *After peas are done in June-July can plant heat loving transplants in its place, maybe herbs or flowers. |
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Radish
| 5 | 3" | 3" x 7" | Plant 5 seeds around zuchinni at time of planting for use as a trap crop. Eventually pull when they get in the way. |
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Scallions
| 24 | 3" | 3" x 3" | Sow seeds in May close together 1/4"-1/2" apart in rows 1" apart, or broadcast a 3" wide band. Can be harvested usually in June just cut back with scissors and will grow again. |
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Tomato (Small)
Roma
| 1 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | |
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Tomato (Small)
Cougar Red
| 2 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 2' 11" | Lay plastic mulch down at least week before planting on a warm sunny day to capture heat. After danger of frost night temp. 45-50 and soil temp. 55-60 Plant with stem on side in a 2"-3" trench, remove leaves on the stem part that is to be buried, have about 4"of the plant gently turned upward on a mound of soil. Fertilize and water well. Install cage and wrap with clear plastic, hold closed with clothes pins. Harvest when tomatoes are almost red, more pinkish. |
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Zucchini
| 1 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | Lay black plastic much down at least a week before planting on a warm sunny day to capture heat. Direct seed with 3 seeds on a hill, soil temp. 70 degrees. After one true leaf has appeared, thin to one plant. Or...carefully transplant a start not disturbing roots, cover with hot cap if night temp. below 65. Don't let zuchinni grow into baseball bats, they'll produce more if picked more, and with less seeds. |
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