When it was finally time to plant our transplants, it was a bit of a memory test. How did we do that again? We tilled the earth, supplemented with compost, and mounded our beds. Now what?
Each row has approximately 60- 120 plants in it. Since we plant without the use of fancy machinery, that means bending, reaching, or kneeling A LOT. We both have different styles of planting, but I find Damian's planting style quite amusing.
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| Damian's booty in the air planting style! LOL |
The spacing depends on how much space each plant needs to grow. We try to plant densely so that the weeds will hopefully not have a chance to grow, but we still have to give some plants more room than others because of their root systems and nutrient needs. With some plants (kales, tomatoes, chards) that will continuously grow throughout the summer, we have decided to cover the soil with black plastic and plant them through the black plastic. The plastic acts as an additional weed suppressor, but we have to be careful not to cook the roots of the plants at the same time. We have found that placing straw or burlap on top of the plastic can help decrease the roots being killed by the heat.
At the end of the day, we put hoops around our plants and use row covers in order to protect them from bug pressure and give them some extra warmth on cold nights.
- potatoes
- onions
- peas
- carrots
- beets
- turnips
- lettuce
- broccoli
- cauliflower
- cabbages
- kale
- rainbow chard
- fennel
- pac choi
- kohlrabi
- endive
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