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Vegetable Gardening in Yellowstone County
Planning Your Vegetable Garden
By growing vegetables the new, wide-row way, you can
expect your garden to yield 2 to 3 times more than the
conventional, single row way - in the same amount of
space!
Make your walkways wide enough for working and
cultivating. This plan allows for 16 inch walkways.
Mulch soil between plants and rows. "Heat Crops" like
tomatoes, peppers, and squash thrive under a mulch or
porous landscape fabric, which warms the soil, retains
moisture, and prevents weed growth. "Cool Crops," such
as cabbage and peas, grow better under an organic mulch.
ROW 1. Full row of staked or trellised tomatoes, but
plant more than one variety. Three teepees of pole beans
and four half rows of corn.
ROW 2. Half row of summer squash or zucchini. Half row
of trellised cucumbers.
ROW 3. Plant your favorite three: cabbage, cauliflower,
egg plant, peppers, broccoli.
ROW 4. Bush snap beans; half row of green, half row of
yellow. Or plant half row of bush shell beans. Follow
snap beans with second planting of carrots and lettuce.
ROW 5. Two varieties of peas- one early, one later.
Follow with second planting of snap beans or peas.
ROW 6. Your favorite combination of any three: beets,
turnips, rutabaga and kohlrabi.
ROW 7. Half row each of carrots and chard.
ROW 8. Any combination of onion seeds, sets or plants,
plus leeks, shallots and garlic.
ROW 9. Spinach, leaf lettuce and a couple varieties of
head lettuce. Follow with beets and greens, such as
collards, kale and mustard for fall harvest.
ROW 10. Herbs, such as parsley, chives, basil, dill,
oregano and rosemary, or a flower border. |
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Irrigating Vegetable Gardens
How often you should water your vegetable garden depends
on several factors; the type of crops, age and size of
plants, type of soil, and the weather. Different
vegetables require different amounts of water. For
example, leafy crops like lettuce needs more moisture
than root crops like beets. Young seedlings, too, must
be watered more often to keep their limited root zone
moist.
The type of soil determines how often you must water.
Clay soil will hold more moisture and release it more
slowly than sandy soil. An organic mulch, such as grass
clippings or compost, will delay evaporation of top
layer of soil. Rain will obviously affect how often to
water. Cool, cloudy weather allows any soil to stay
moist longer. |
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