Space management

Volunteer squash radiating from center of broccoli & cauliflower patch, with summer tomatoes strategically positioned amongst winter cruciferous plants so that they will already have a foothold as the winter crop production winds down and is cleared out

It’s kind of fun, like doing a puzzle! My neighbor Carrie and I get so enthused when we start looking through the seed catalogs (our favorites: Seed Savers and Baker Creek), and pretty soon little packages start arriving in the mail with bundles of seeds that could plant a whole farm! Six kinds of melons, 8 varieties of squash, tomatoes and peppers galore…..and then sometimes when the seasons change and they start selling new seeds at work, I am able to bring home the old seeds for free! Then we sit outside with paper and colored markers, sipping coffee while mapping out the plan for fitting it all in! Good times!