Garden Plans > 2014: Side Yard

About this Garden Plan

Backyard food and flowers

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Westford, MA
Garden Size: 44' 11" x 30' 5"
Garden Type: Backyard / back garden
Garden Layout: Raised Beds
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

Plan Notes

5259PM Purple Majesty Millet Pennisetum glaucum (120 days) Annual. Bursting onto the scene with a 2003 AAS award, this pearl millet accelerated the ornamental-grasses trend. Distinguished 35' tall background plant with deep-purple, almost black, corn-like foliage has purple seed spikes nearly a foot tall and an inch around. 4 to 5 feet tall and boasting flowerstalks a full 12 to 14 inches long all summer, Purple Majesty is easy to direct-sow or to begin indoors (where it will remain green until you expose it to full, direct sunshine). It thrives in high heat and unremitting sun, so grow it alongside the blazing driveway, in the foundation border, along the fence, or at the back of the patio near a warm wall. Virtually untroubled by pests and disease, it grows quickly, with several main stems and secondary shoots all sporting blooms in summer. Space plants about 10 to 12 inches apart for a thick, even line of unbelievable color!

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberPlants per Square FootNotes
Basil
 Lime Organic
84started 5/3
Basil
 Siam Queen Thai
84 
Basil
 Summerlong
84started 5/3
Basil
 Boxwood
84started 12 cells 4/29
Basil
 Genovese Organic
84started 5/3
Basil
 Lemon Sweet Dani
84started 12 4/29
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Kentucky Wonder
19started some indoors 5/1
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Maxibel French Filet
199started some indoors (4/29) sown 12 plants in beds 5/3
Beans (Fava) 84 
Beans (Fava)
 Windsor
44sown 3/11
Beans (Lima)
 Christmas Pole
99 
Beans (Pole) 88 
Beans (Pole)
 Kentucky Wonder
88 
Beet 99sown 5/3
Blackberry 10IN ROUND BED
Borage 31sown 5/3
Calendula
 Pacific Beauty Mix Organic
84Started 3/13
Carrot
 Red Cored Chantenay
1616sown 5/3
Carrot
 Little Finger
4816sown 3/11 (some)
Celeriac
 Brilliant
164Started 3/18 (in small salad box) planted in ground 5/1
Celery 44Started 3/4 - failed. bought plants (6) from MB 4/28
Chili Pepper
 Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax
31Fedco Hungarain hot wax Started 3/18 -8 pots (some for Doris)
Cilantro 51sown 5/3 4 areas of bed
Corn
 Colored Broom Ornamental
44started some seeds 4/29 indoors
Cucumber
 H-19 Little Leaf (OG)
22started 4/29 (cowpots)
Cucumber
 Parisienne
42started 4/29 (cowpots)
Cucumber
 General Lee (F1)
32started 4/29 (cowpots)
Dill
 Mammoth
44sown 5/3 some in bed
Dill
 Bouquet (OG)
124sown 5/3 some in bed
Echinacea
 Purple Coneflower
14started 5/7
Feverfew 21Started 3/13
Flower
 Black-Eyed Susan Vine Mix
14started 5/7
Flower
 Heavenly Wonder
14started 5/7
Flower
 Butterfly Weed
14Started 5/7
Flower 14started 5/7
Flower 14 
Flower 14started 5/7
Flower
 Mini Lobata Spanish Flag
14started 5/7
Gourd
 Corsica Canteen
10started 4/29
Horseradish 11 
Lemon Verbena 11 
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Lettuce Blend
279sown 3/11
Mache
 Big Seeded
00sown 3/11
Marigold
 Tangerine Gem
44Started 3/26
Marigold
 Lemon Gem
44Started 3/26
Onion
 Sturon
44Good storage onion 150 days
Onion 44 
Onion
 Borettana Cipollini
124Started 3/4 Need more started (got 28)
Onion (Perennial)
 Egyptian Walking Onions (Tree
99 
Oregano 11 
Parsley
 Krausa
164Started 3/4. Started more 3/18 as other parsley failed
Parsnip
 All American
189sown 5/3
Parsnip
 Andover
189sown 5/3
Peas
 Golden India
248sown 3/11
Peas
 Oregon Sugar Pod II
328 
Peas
 Dakota
248sown 3/11
Pepper
 Sweet Chocolate (OG)
81Started seed 3/26
Potatoes (Maincrop) 11 
Pumpkin
 Long Pie
40started some seeds 4/29 (3 cowpots)
Radish
 Sparkler
3216sown 7/1
Radish
 Cherry Belle
3216sown 7/1
Rhubarb 10IN ROUND BED
Rosemary 11 
Sage 21 
Sorrel
 Garden
21 
Squash (Winter)
 Fairy
10started some seeds 4/29 (cowpot)
Strawberry 84 
Tarragon
 Mexican
11 
Thyme
 Lemon variegated
11 
Thyme
 Common
11 
Thyme 11 
Tomatillo
 Pineapple Ground Cherry Organi
11 
Tomatillo
 Verde
11Started 3/18 2 pots
Tomato (Large)
 Siberian
41Started 3/13 4plants
Tomato (Large)
 Weisnicht's Ukraine OG
61Started 3/13 6plants
Tomato (Large)
 Principe Borghese
41Started 3/13 2plants Determinate
Tomato (Small)
 Ace
00Started 3/13 4plants Determinate
Tomato (Small)
 Sweet Treats Hybrid
51Started 3/13 6plants
Tomato (Small)
 Verona (F1)
51Started 3/26 6plants
Wheat
 Purple Majesty
005259PM Purple Majesty Millet Pennisetum glaucum (120 days) Annual. Bursting onto the scene with a 2003 AAS award, this pearl millet accelerated the ornamental-grasses trend. Distinguished 35' tall background plant with deep-purple, almost black, corn-like foliage has purple seed spikes nearly a foot tall and an inch around. 4 to 5 feet tall and boasting flowerstalks a full 12 to 14 inches long all summer, Purple Majesty is easy to direct-sow or to begin indoors (where it will remain green until you expose it to full, direct sunshine). It thrives in high heat and unremitting sun, so grow it alongside the blazing driveway, in the foundation border, along the fence, or at the back of the patio near a warm wall. Virtually untroubled by pests and disease, it grows quickly, with several main stems and secondary shoots all sporting blooms in summer. Space plants about 10 to 12 inches apart for a thick, even line of unbelievable color! Purple Majesty makes a fine backdrop to trailing Petunias
Zucchini
 Raven (F1)
31started 4/29 (cowpots)

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Basil
 Lime Organic
Basil
 Siam Queen Thai
Basil
 Summerlong
Basil
 Boxwood
Basil
 Genovese Organic
Basil
 Lemon Sweet Dani
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Kentucky Wonder
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Maxibel French Filet
Beans (Fava)
Beans (Fava)
 Windsor
Beans (Lima)
 Christmas Pole
Beans (Pole)
Beans (Pole)
 Kentucky Wonder
Beet
Blackberry
Borage
Calendula
 Pacific Beauty Mix Organic
Carrot
 Red Cored Chantenay
Carrot
 Little Finger
Celeriac
 Brilliant
Celery
Chili Pepper
 Hungarian Yellow Hot Wax
Cilantro
Corn
 Colored Broom Ornamental
Cucumber
 H-19 Little Leaf (OG)
Cucumber
 Parisienne
Cucumber
 General Lee (F1)
Dill
 Mammoth
Dill
 Bouquet (OG)
Echinacea
 Purple Coneflower
Feverfew
Flower
 Black-Eyed Susan Vine Mix
Flower
 Heavenly Wonder
Flower
 Butterfly Weed
Flower
Flower
Flower
Flower
 Mini Lobata Spanish Flag
Gourd
 Corsica Canteen
Horseradish
Lemon Verbena
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Lettuce Blend
Mache
 Big Seeded
Marigold
 Tangerine Gem
Marigold
 Lemon Gem
Onion
 Sturon
Onion
Onion
 Borettana Cipollini
Onion (Perennial)
 Egyptian Walking Onions (Tree
Oregano
Parsley
 Krausa
Parsnip
 All American
Parsnip
 Andover
Peas
 Golden India
Peas
 Oregon Sugar Pod II
Peas
 Dakota
Pepper
 Sweet Chocolate (OG)
Potatoes (Maincrop)
Pumpkin
 Long Pie
Radish
 Sparkler
Radish
 Cherry Belle
Rhubarb
Rosemary
Sage
Sorrel
 Garden
Squash (Winter)
 Fairy
Strawberry
Tarragon
 Mexican
Thyme
 Lemon variegated
Thyme
 Common
Thyme
Tomatillo
 Pineapple Ground Cherry Organi
Tomatillo
 Verde
Tomato (Large)
 Siberian
Tomato (Large)
 Weisnicht's Ukraine OG
Tomato (Large)
 Principe Borghese
Tomato (Small)
 Ace
Tomato (Small)
 Sweet Treats Hybrid
Tomato (Small)
 Verona (F1)
Wheat
 Purple Majesty
Zucchini
 Raven (F1)



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