Garden Plans > 2022: Side Yard Bed D

About this Garden Plan

4 of 4 parts to right side of yard garden. 4 year crop rotation to prevent pests and disease **Average Last Frost April 25 **Average First Frost October 20** Bed A - Nightshades & Alliums with herbs Bed B - Brassicas & Umbels with herbs Bed C - Legumes & Goosefoots with herbs Bed D - Cucurbits & Composites with herbs no tomatoes with bush beans / no garlic, or onions with beans or peas / no mint, or onions with asparagus / no pole beans, or mustard with beets / no celery, anise, or dill with carrots / no cucumber, pumpkin, radish, sunflower, squash, or tomatoes with potatoes / no cabbage with strawberries / no cabbage, cauliflower, corn, dill, potatoes with tomatoes / no corn with tomatoes / no kale with basil / no onions, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, mustard, cress, chives, garlic, or leeks with beans ***Do Not Work Around Plants When Wet*** **Arugula - direct sow 4/4-5/23 & 8/25-9/29 **Corn - direct sow 5/2-5/23 **Cucumber - not near black walnut, direct sow 5/9-5/30 **Lettuce - not near black walnut, start indoors 2/21-4/4, transplant 4/4-5/16, direct sow 4/4-5/9, fall start indoors 8/4-8/18, transplant 8/18-9/22, direct sow 8/25-9/8 **Okra - not near black walnut, direct sow 5/9-5/30 **Winter squash/pumpkins/melons - direct sow 5/9-5/23 **Zucchini/Squash - direct sow 5/9-5/30

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: United States
Garden Size: 79' 11" x 60' 0"
Garden Type: Home 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
Artichoke (Globe)
 Green Globe
22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"150 Days. Tasty! Needs a fairly long and mild growing season, or can be grown as an annual. This colorful plant makes a great ornamental as well.
Arugula
 Arugula Slow Bolt
695"3" x 7"40-45 days. Eruca vesicaria sativa. one of the fastest-growing crops available to home gardeners and, since they are slower to bolt, are far more tolerant to heat than other cultivars. Arugula seeds quickly mature to a leafy vegetable herb grown and treated nearly identical to headless lettuces
Aster (China)
 Powder Puff Mix, Aster Seeds
7011"11" x 11"The Powder Puff Mix is a blend of early, single Asters that blooms in array of white, pink and purple and open uniformly. This mix was made for greenhouse growth and offers masses of brightly colored 3" inch blooms.
Blueberry 552' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Cantaloupe
 Iroquois
32' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"75-90 days wilt resistant and easy to grow. Skin is thick, deeply ribbed and heavily netted with a gray-green color. Flesh is deep salmon colored. Melons grow to be 7 inches by 6 inches and weigh 5-7 lbs.
Cantaloupe
 Hales Best Jumbo
32' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"85-110 days. large and ribbed with an oval shape. up to 6 pounds each. They have a heavily netted texture on their skin, and their flesh is bright orange and very sweet. They are a summer crop that thrives in full sun.
Cilantro
 Coriander
467"5" x 9"50-55 to leaf harvest; 90-105 to seed, cilantro is a slow-bolting selection grown for its leaves. if allowed to flower, provides pollen and nectar for beneficial insects such as, bees, hoverflies, and tachinid flies. Eat the flowers raw because the flavor fades quickly when cooked. Sprinkle to taste on salads, bean dishes, chicken, and spicy Southwestern dishes. Flavor is of mild cilantro.
Corn
 Early Sunglow - hybrid
351' 1"11" x 1' 5"62 days. vibrant, golden color. grow to be just 4 feet tall provides six to seven inch ears. Excellent flavor for an early variety. Noted for its cold weather performance.
Corn
 Miniature Rainbow
341' 1"11" x 1' 5"110 days. Tiny 3 to 5 inch ears are filled with shiny kernels in a wide range of colors. Even a small percentage of the husks are colored.
Corn
 Early Golden Bantam
231' 1"11" x 1' 5"75 days The Early Golden Bantam is an heirloom sweet corn that is a fast maturing yellow variety. selected for its tenderness. great sweet flavor and is a fast maturer.ideal for freezing and fresh "corn on the cob" eating. It produces an abundance of delicious sweet corn.
Crimson Clover 175463"3" x 3" 
Cucumber
 Parisian Pickling
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"60 days. The old French gherkin or cornichon pickler. Listed in America in 1892 by the seedsman J.H. Gregory. Great for making tiny sweet pickles. Rare!
Cucumber
 Painted Serpent
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"60-65 days Originating in Armenia, this beautifully striped cucumber will grow and curl an astonishing 3 feet long, but harvest when they are their most tender at 8" - 15". Smooth ridges and furrows in shades of green snake all along and around its length. Mild flavor, no need to peel.
Cucumber
 Muncher
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"60-65 Days Very tender variety that is excellent for fresh eating right out of the garden. Nearly spineless fruits are 6 to 8 inches long and 3 inches wide on strong vigorous vines. Non-bitter, burpless and can be eaten at any stage of growth. For pickles, pick when the fruits are 4 to 6" long.
Cucumber
 Tendergreen Burpless
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"55 Days Extra sweet, non-bitter flavor - even with its thin skin left on. Cukes grow to about 6 1/2" long by 1 1/2" across, are slightly blocky and light green, with white spines. Tender flesh is ideal for slicing or pickling. Downy Mildew resistant.
Cucumber
 Tanja
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"58 Days The ultimate 'burpless' cuke. Bitter free. Slim fruits up to 14" long have dark green skin and tender, crisp flesh that has outstanding flavor. Plants yield prolifically and continue to bear over a long harvest period.
Cucumber
 Sayo Long
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"65 days. Long, ribbed, dark green fruit can grow to 18 inches. Very mild, sweet, and burpless. One of our favorites for fresh eating, this productive heirloom comes from northern China and is very attractive. A parthenocarpic variety, you can grow in a greenhouse without pollinators and vines will produces masses of burpless fruits that have no seeds, making them more tender and crisp!
Cucumber
 Chicago Pickling
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"55 days. Originally bred for the markets of the Chicago area and released in 1888, this has been the go-to pickling cuke for generations of home gardeners and canners and we are so pleased to offer it! The thin skins accept pickling solutions readily. Black-spined fruit can be allowed to reach 7 inches without sacrificing quality but is often harvested much smaller. Amazingly prolific, and disease resistant, too.
Cucumber
 Bush Crop
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"62 days. Compact bushy plants produce 6 to 8" fruits that are deliciously crisp and tender. Perfect for containers or small garden spaces as vines are short. An excellent pickling variety.
Cucumber
 Boston Pickling
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"55 Days. An old heirloom dating back to 1880. Vigorous vines give large yields of smooth green fruit. It is excellent for pickles--very crisp and good quality. A very popular variety at the turn of the 20th century.
Cucumber
 Marketer
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"55-70 days. great slicer for salads and makes delicious pickle chips. Slender, dark green, 8 to 9 inch fruits have a sweet, mild flavor. Vigorous, heat resistant plants are very productive with a long harvest season. White spined.
Cucumber
 Lemon
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"70 days Attractive heirloom cucumbers are small and round with lemon coloured skin. The lime-green flesh is very mild, sweet and never bitter. Very nice for slicing and easy to digest. Lemon cucumber seeds produce a vigorous long vine that does well on a trellis or fence. Plants may become quite sprawly, but the fruit production is incredibly vigorous. Be sure to keep plants carefully picked so that no fruits are allowed to mature on the vine. This will lengthen the fruiting period.
Cucumber
 Early Fortune
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"55 days. Also known as Special Dark Green. Introduced in 1906, this variety was described as "the earliest and best white spined cucumber ever offered." Fruits, 7 to 8" long and 2" in diameter, have a fresh clean taste that's almost never bitter. A very dependable performer.
Flower
 Double Helichrysum Tall (Mixed
10411"7" x 7"The most widely grown of all everlasting flowers, flowers are large fully double and are a variety of colors blooms summer to frost.
Flower
 Matricaria (Feverfew)
465"5" x 7"100-110 days A beautiful flower that makes a wonderful filler with other cut-flowers. These plants are upright with an abundance of strong stems that support 1" blooms with yellow disks and white petals.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Red Fire Lettuce
349"7" x 11"55 days Popular among growers for its uniformity, intense color and bolt tolerance. Large, loose heads are green at the base and very dark red at the ruffled leaf edges. Retains its crisp fresh flavor throughout the season.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Parris Island Romaine
349"7" x 11"68 days Fast-growing multi-purpose lettuce for baby leaf or full size heads. Baby leaves size up quickly for salad mixes while the upright, uniform grey-green heads have nicely savoyed leaves. Medium-slow to bolt.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Optima
349"7" x 11"52 days The Optima Lettuce is a large-framed Boston type that produces dark green leaves that have excellent heat tolerance and will resist bolting. This variety is known for being resistant to tip burn as well as races 1-4 of mildew. This great lettuce also has a juicy, crisp flavor that is amazing cut up in salads or on sandwiches!
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Rouge D'Hiver
349"7" x 11"60 days. Delicious, flavorful lettuce brings color and zest to salads. Heirloom, red Romaine-type from France. Listed in Vilmorin’s Vegetable Garden Book from 1885. Red and green leaves turn a deeper shade of red in cold weather.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Winter Density Romaine Lettuce
349"7" x 11"28 DAYS BABY - 55 DAYS FULL SIZE A lettuce for all seasons! Tightly folded, dark green round heads sit high on the stem for good airflow. The texture is a cross between butterhead and romaine with a good flavor all season. Requires cool temperatures for germination. Heat and frost tolerant.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 White Boston Lettuce
349"7" x 11"60-72 days The White Boston is a butterhead lettuce that is an improved Big Boston. This variety gives excellent yields of firm, round, 12" heads of crisp lettuce. The White Boston is a very delicious lettuce that is a bright light green with a buttery-yellow heart . This lettuce does well in warm conditions and is recommended for southern gardens.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Selway LaRosa Lettuce
349"7" x 11"30-55 days The Selway is a Lolla Rossa type lettuce with beautiful light green and dark purple coloring. This variety has deeply curled loose leaves with frilled dark-purple edges edges. The Selway is an essential in salad mixes for its color and taste.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Jericho
349"7" x 11"28-58 days Bright green leaves, unique silky texture and sweet flavor even in the heat of summer. Good selection for indoor or outdoor cultivation, with some tolerance to powdery mildew and downy mildew as well as excellent resistance to heat stress and tip burn.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Aerostar
349"7" x 11"82 days Mid-size dark green romaine with excellent disease resistance. A dual-purpose variety that works well for medium size romaine heads or as a baby leaf. Dark green leaves are relatively smooth, heading up well all season long.
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Oak Leaf
349"7" x 11"50 to 75 days The Oakleaf Lettuce gets its name for having very tender leaves that resemble the white oak leaf. This variety is an old-time favorite that tastes great in mixed salads. The Oakleaf is perfect for planting late in the season. This lettuce will stay tasty and non-bitter well into the heat of summer!
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Kweik
349"7" x 11"50 days Fast-growing lime green heads suited to cool seasons and unheated hoop houses. Large, tender leaves head up quickly for foolproof performance in cold weather. Exhibits strong field resistance to downy mildew, tip burn, and sclerotinia stem rot; very reliable.
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Garden Leaf Lettuce Mix
693"3" x 5"28-70 days The Garden Leaf Blend is a colorful mix of our very popular lettuce varieties. This blend is a great mixture of lettuce varieties that mature at different times and have multiple colors to give your salad bowl a full pop of color! The Garden Leaf Blend includes Black Seeded Simpson, Oakleaf, Parris Island Cos, Tango, Red Romaine, Ruby and Lolla Rosso Darky
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Grand Rapids TBR Lettuce
693"3" x 5"45 days The Grand Rapids TBR Lettuce is a loose leaf type that is slow to bolt! This bright green, frilled, lettuce is a fast grower with a crisp texture that is delicious! Grand Rapids TBR is particularly well-suited to cooler climates, but is also resistant to heat and Tipburn.
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Green Star
693"3" x 5"30 DAYS BABY - 52 DAYS Vibrant green summer lettuce with shiny ruffled leaves and great heat tolerance. An ideal all-season lettuce, offering high quality even through the heat of the summer. Tender, textured baby leaves add great loft to salad mixes.
Marigold
 French double dwarf
1047"7" x 7"30-45 days bloom very early on compact plants and bear a profusion of showy double flowers; three brilliant colors in this petite mixture: gold, orange, and crimson. Flowers bloom through summer until frost.
Marjoram
 Sweet
1397"5" x 9"Similar to oregano, but noticeably sweeter. Attractive 12-24" plants with small white flowers.
Melon
 Tigger
12' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"80 days The Rich Sweetness is a very petite little melon that typically stays the size of a baseball! not exceeding a quarter pound. The inner flesh is a smooth creamy white and is very juicy! very aromatic. Rich Sweetness' flavor, reminiscent of honeydew and cantaloupe.
Mint 1447"5" x 9" 
Okra
 Clemson Spineless
151' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"56 days vigorous 4 plants produce an abounding harvest of spineless dark-green, grooved pods. Okra adds body and flavor to soups, stews, and relishes, and can be grilled, braised, steamed, and sautéed.
Okra
 Burgundy
151' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"49-60 days spineless okra with hibiscus-like flowers and tasty 5-8" purple pods grows 3-4' tall. These pods don't turn woody as quickly as other varieties. Red Burgundy okra is reported to do well in "cooler" areas. Do not plant this out too early or it will do little till the day time temps reach 80F.
Parsley
 Italian
695"3" x 9"60 days Italian Parsley is an attractive and large growing parsley with dark green leaves that are known for being easy to cut! This variety has strong stems, making it one of the best parsleys for fresh market sales. The very high yielding Italian Parsley is a customer favorite for a reason!
Pumpkin
 Jack O Lantern
32' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"100 days A Halloween favorite, the Jack O'Lantern Pumpkin will grow to 12"-16" in diameter. has a bright orange shell that is hard and furrowed — which makes it absolutely perfect for carving!
Squash (Summer)
 Early Prolific Straightneck
91' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"50-60 days. uniform yellow squash best harvested when 7" long. buttery, nutty flavor, and tireless production. both early and prolific.
Squash (Summer)
 Genovese Italian Summer Squash
81' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"55 days great flavor, highly productive, great choice for our farmers market friends. It's thin skinned light green with a lacy netting.
Squash (Summer)
 Cocozelle
81' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"48 days Bush type squash with long cylindrical, dark green, zucchini. Cocozelle has very firm greenish-cream colored flesh growing to about 10-12".
Squash (Summer)
 Lebanese White Bush Marrow
81' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"Light green, sweet fruits, excellent flavour, best picked young but still fine up to 2kg, hardy plants. 50 days.
Squash (Summer)
 Black Beauty
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"50 days. Bush. The classic dark-green summer squash that has made modern zucchini of this type popular. Delicious fried or baked; best picked young.
Squash (Winter)
 Spaghetti
42' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"85 days. This is an American strain of this popular Japanese squash, with stringy flesh that is used like spaghetti.
Strawflower
 Monster Rosy Pink, Strawflower
6911"11" x 11"The Monster series strawflowers are high yielding produces of fresh cut or dried arrangements. This variety has beautiful mixture of dark pink blooms. The Monster Rosy Pink variety produces extra large double blooms with long and strong stems. Blooms reach 2–2 1/2" across.
Sunflower
 Mammoth Organic
2311"11" x 11"90 - 110 days. one of the tallest, brightest, and most breathtaking flowers in the world! 9 – 12' tall, 12” blooms. one of the most resilient and fastest growing flowers
Sunflower
 Dwarf Sunspot
2311"11" x 11"90 - 110 days. 10” flower heads on 3-4' plants. Color is warm sunflower yellow with a dark center.
Sunflower
 Black Oil
2311"11" x 11"90 - 110 days. Towering 8-10' tall sunflowers that produce giant heads reaching up to 12" in diameter. Once mature, these heads are loaded with hundreds of glossy black seeds.
Watermelon
 Sugar Baby
32' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"75 days excellent smaller sized watermelon that is perfect for the home garden and roadside stands. space-saving vines only 3-1/2' long. wonderful flavor - rich, juicy and incredibly sweet!
Watermelon
 Crimson Sweet
32' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"85 days Classic large watermelon with excellent flavor and texture. Dark and light yellow-green striped, 10" x 12" blocky oval fruits weigh in at 15–25 lb. Crisp, sweet pink flesh and vigorous vines. Avg. 1–2 fruits/plant.
Zucchini
 Green Bush
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"50 days. Bush. The classic dark-green summer squash that has made modern zucchini of this type popular. Delicious fried or baked; best picked young.
Zucchini
 Yellow Striped Zucchini
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"52 days Yellow Striped zucchini is very unique! It is yellow with light, colorful stripes that are for sure to liven up dinner.
Zucchini
 Gray
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"45-50 days. a Mediterranean favorite since the early 1800s. Zucchini Grey boasts a uniquely striped skin very similar to a Greyzinni hybrid.
Zucchini
 Fordhook
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"57 days. Classic, cylindrical, dark-green straight to slightly curved zucchinis. Tender, creamy white flesh freezes well. Vigorous and productive bush plants.
Zucchini
 Golden
111' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"54 days. Slender fruit is bright golden-yellow. It is as delicious as it is attractive; bush plants.

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Artichoke (Globe)
 Green Globe
Arugula
 Arugula Slow Bolt
Aster (China)
 Powder Puff Mix, Aster Seeds
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
 Iroquois
Cantaloupe
 Hales Best Jumbo
Cilantro
 Coriander
Corn
 Early Sunglow - hybrid
Corn
 Miniature Rainbow
Corn
 Early Golden Bantam
Crimson Clover
Cucumber
 Parisian Pickling
Cucumber
 Painted Serpent
Cucumber
 Muncher
Cucumber
 Tendergreen Burpless
Cucumber
 Tanja
Cucumber
 Sayo Long
Cucumber
 Chicago Pickling
Cucumber
 Bush Crop
Cucumber
 Boston Pickling
Cucumber
 Marketer
Cucumber
 Lemon
Cucumber
 Early Fortune
Flower
 Double Helichrysum Tall (Mixed
Flower
 Matricaria (Feverfew)
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Red Fire Lettuce
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Parris Island Romaine
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Optima
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Rouge D'Hiver
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Winter Density Romaine Lettuce
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 White Boston Lettuce
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Selway LaRosa Lettuce
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Jericho
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Aerostar
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Oak Leaf
Lettuce (Crisphead)
 Kweik
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Garden Leaf Lettuce Mix
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Grand Rapids TBR Lettuce
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Green Star
Marigold
 French double dwarf
Marjoram
 Sweet
Melon
 Tigger
Mint
Okra
 Clemson Spineless
Okra
 Burgundy
Parsley
 Italian
Pumpkin
 Jack O Lantern
Squash (Summer)
 Early Prolific Straightneck
Squash (Summer)
 Genovese Italian Summer Squash
Squash (Summer)
 Cocozelle
Squash (Summer)
 Lebanese White Bush Marrow
Squash (Summer)
 Black Beauty
Squash (Winter)
 Spaghetti
Strawflower
 Monster Rosy Pink, Strawflower
Sunflower
 Mammoth Organic
Sunflower
 Dwarf Sunspot
Sunflower
 Black Oil
Watermelon
 Sugar Baby
Watermelon
 Crimson Sweet
Zucchini
 Green Bush
Zucchini
 Yellow Striped Zucchini
Zucchini
 Gray
Zucchini
 Fordhook
Zucchini
 Golden



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