Garden Plans > 2014: First time vegetable garden

About this Garden Plan

This is a pretty ambitious of us considering this garden will be our very first ever! I'm sure we will make plenty of mistakes (plant the wrong thing next to something it shouldn't or not have enough sun in an area) but where else do you start right?

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Backyard Garden Brandon, FL
Garden Size: 25' 0" x 25' 0"
Garden Type: Backyard / back garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Light / Sandy soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Beans (Pole) 49"5" x 1' 1" 
Borage 51' 1"11" x 1' 11" 
Broccoli 81' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5" 
Calendula 4011"9" x 1' 11" 
Carrot 403"3" x 5" 
Celery 107"5" x 11" 
Chamomile 2211"9" x 1' 3" 
Chili Pepper
 Jalapeno
41' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Cilantro 47"5" x 9" 
Corn 161' 1"11" x 1' 5" 
Cosmos 107"7" x 7" 
Cover Crop 25"3" x 7"helps with the soil and can use in compost
Cucumber 181' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Flower 317"5" x 7"GERANIUM: -Repels cabbage worms and Japanese beetles, plant around grapes, roses, corn, tomatoes, peppers and cabbage. Geraniums help to distract beet leafhoppers, carrier of the curly top virus.
Flower 417"5" x 7"Nasturtium is an excellent companion for many plants. It is a companion to radishes, cabbage family plants (cabbage, collards, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, broccoli and mustards), deterring aphids, squash bugs, and striped pumpkin beetles, and improving growth and flavor. Plant as a barrier around tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, and under fruit trees. Deters wooly aphids, whiteflies, cucumber beetles and other pests of the cucurbit family. Great trap crop for aphids (in particular the black aphids) which it does attract, especially the yellow flowering varieties. It likes poor soil with low moisture and no fertilizer. Keeping that in mind there is no reason not to set potted nasturtiums among your garden beds. It has been the practice of some fruit growers that planting nasturtiums every year in the root zone of fruit trees allow the trees to take up the pungent odor of the plants and repel bugs. Studies say it is among the best at attracting predatory insects. It has no taste effect on the fruit. A nice variety to grow is Alaska which has attractive green and white variegated leaves. The leaves, flowers and seeds of nasturtiums are all edible and wonderful in salads!
Kale 81' 3"1' 1" x 1' 5" 
Lavender 41' 3"1' 1" x 1' 7" 
Leek 57"5" x 11" 
Lettuce (Leaf) 503"3" x 5" 
Marigold 1357"7" x 7" 
Onion 285"3" x 7" 
Potatoes (Maincrop) 41' 5"1' 1" x 2' 5" 
Spinach 127"5" x 11" 
Squash (Summer) 21' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Stevia 61' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Strawberry 61' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Sunflower 2511"11" x 11" 
Sweet Potato 41' 5"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Tomato (Small) 101' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Watermelon 32' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 

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