Garden Plans > 2013: Mary's Smaller Garden

About this Garden Plan
Small section of an 80 acre farm field. Soil is a little heavy in clay, and gets a bit hard in dry weather.

Plan Type, Soil and Location
Garden Location: Mid-Michigan
Garden Size: 29' 11" x 29' 11"
Garden Type: Home garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Heavy / Clay soil

Plan Notes
Tomatoes: 6 Romas (determinate) and 6 Rutgers (indeterminate) Pumpkins: 4 hills - 2 Small Sugar, 1 Jack-o-Latern, 1 - Connecticut Field Peppers: buy Green Wonder Squash: 8 hills - 4 Butternut, 2 Spaghetti, 2 Delicata

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Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Basil 67"5" x 9" 
Beans (Pole) 239"5" x 1' 1" 
Beet 265"3" x 7" 
Cabbage (Spring) 62' 5"1' 11" x 2' 11" 
Carrot 263"3" x 5" 
Cilantro 67"5" x 9" 
Corn
 Honey & Cream 		481' 1"11" x 1' 5" 
Cucumber 21' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Parsnip 167"7" x 11" 
Peas 203"3" x 7" 
Pepper 61' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Pumpkin 42' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Rosemary 67"7" x 7" 
Rutabaga 79"7" x 1' 3" 
Squash (Winter) 82' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Sunflower 811"11" x 11" 
Tomato (Small) 121' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Zucchini 11' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 

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