Garden Plans > 2017: Kitchen Plot

About this Garden Plan

Mid June! Plants are blooming, and we have pulled out our kale, lettuce, spinach and turnips. We "prune" daily to give everything room, especially the tomatoes. We have harvested the first set of fingerling potatoes and just planted the second season. Brussels sprouts went in last week for a fall harvest. Tomatoes and cucumbers are almost ready! Visit us at www.KitchenPlot.com to learn more!

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Richmond, Virginia
Garden Size: 42' 2" x 35' 11"
Garden Type: Backyard / back garden
Garden Layout: Raised Beds
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Light / Sandy soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Arugula 625"3" x 7" 
Basil 17"5" x 9" 
Bay 11' 5"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Beans (Bush Snap)
 White Half-Runner
89"5" x 1' 1"Growing well, flowered early, producing well
Beans (Bush Snap) 99"5" x 1' 1" 
Beans (Pole)
 Red-Striped Greasy
49"5" x 1' 1"Aggressive, healthy growers. Grow these again.
Beans (Pole) 49"5" x 1' 1"Long beans: Slow growing, and the leaves get brown with holes quickly. Maybe something is eating them? Not flowering. I'm highly annoyed with these beans.
Borage 11' 1"11" x 1' 11"Spreads out, takes up a lot of space. Floppy.
Brussels Sprouts 21' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"Trying again
Carrot
 Danvers 126
603"3" x 5"Succession plant 2 weeks apart
Chili Pepper
 Padron
11' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Chives 17"5" x 9" 
Collards
 Vates
811"11" x 1' 3"quick catch crop
Cover Crop
 Hairy Vetch
1315"3" x 7"Likes to come back
Cucumber
 Persian
21' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Cucumber
 Spacemaster
21' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Garlic
 Italian Softneck
125"3" x 9"Didn't bulb out into cloves. Using it as garlic scallions. Planted too late last year, late Nov or early Dec.
Kale
 Siberian
31' 3"1' 1" x 1' 5"small leaves but tender stems, grow well
Lettuce (Crisphead) 39"7" x 11" 
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Red Salad Bowl
553"3" x 5" 
Marigold 77"7" x 7" 
Marigold
 French, Spanish Brocade
97"7" x 7" 
Mint
 Peppermint
17"5" x 9" 
Nasturtium
 Jewel Mixed Colors
311"11" x 11" 
Onion (Fall planted) 85"5" x 9"Disaster - didn't grow well at all. Bed may have been too acidic because it had a lot of rotting leaves.
Pepper
 Yellow Belle
21' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Potatoes (Maincrop)
 Swedish Peanut Fingerling
61' 5"1' 1" x 2' 5"June 13: leaves are yellowing with brown spots. Harvesting! Planting again for two crops back to back.
Rosemary 17"7" x 7" 
Rye (Cereal) 403"3" x 3"good cover crop
Scarlet Sage 111"11" x 11" 
Spinach 47"5" x 11" 
Sunflower 511"11" x 11" 
Thyme 111"11" x 1' 3" 
Tomato (Small)
 Cherokee Purple
41' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"got verticillium wilt
Tomato (Small) 31' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"Sungold is aggressive and big. Plant it behind the Cherokee Purples. Cherokee Purples are a little smaller and more sensitive. Driveway tomato is from last year's volunteers.
Turnip
 White Egg
157"5" x 11"starting to mature in early june, grew well
Zinnia 311"11" x 11" 

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arugula
Basil
Bay
Beans (Bush Snap)
 White Half-Runner
Beans (Bush Snap)
Beans (Pole)
 Red-Striped Greasy
Beans (Pole)
Borage
Brussels Sprouts
Carrot
 Danvers 126
Chili Pepper
 Padron
Chives
Collards
 Vates
Cover Crop
 Hairy Vetch
Cucumber
 Persian
Cucumber
 Spacemaster
Garlic
 Italian Softneck
Kale
 Siberian
Lettuce (Crisphead)
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Red Salad Bowl
Marigold
Marigold
 French, Spanish Brocade
Mint
 Peppermint
Nasturtium
 Jewel Mixed Colors
Onion (Fall planted)
Pepper
 Yellow Belle
Potatoes (Maincrop)
 Swedish Peanut Fingerling
Rosemary
Rye (Cereal)
Scarlet Sage
Spinach
Sunflower
Thyme
Tomato (Small)
 Cherokee Purple
Tomato (Small)
Turnip
 White Egg
Zinnia



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