My wife who told me earlier that I can do anything i want with the garden has mandated that some changes be made to the layout.
The 4X30 raised bed, running north and south, will form the eastern boundary of the garden. To the south of that raised bed is another raised bed 4x7 running east and south which forms a backwards L. To the south of that is a 4x28 raised row running east and west. the eastern end of the raised row is in line with the eastern sides of the raised beds. The western side of the garden is formed by a 4x40 raised row running north and south. Between that raised row and the raised beds are other raised rows running east and west.
The garden will be smaller then i had planned and will contain a total of 984 square feet of planting area inside of a 48x38 area. The backyard to the east and south-east of the garden will be dedicated to a raspberry bed and fruit trees.
While I ordered 12 cubic yards of topsoil, I got 10 and the cost was $260. I added topsoil to the 4x30 raised bed. I am in the process of tilling and removing rock from the raised rows and once I'm satisfied I've done enough of that, I'll add the rest of the topsoil to them.
In the 4X30 raised bed, I have so far planted Dwarf sugar snap peas, beets, carrots and White Icicle radishes. I'm heading to town in a couple of days and I hope to pick up a package of daikon radishes which I'll plant in the raised bed when I get back. To aid in planting the radishes, beets and dwarf sugar snap peas, I made a planting guide out of cardboard measuring 1'X2'. One one side, I marked out and put holes to plant 9 seeds per square foot. I flipped it over and marked out and made holes to plant 16 seeds per square foot. The former i used to plant the dwarf sugar snap peas and beets the the latter I used to plan the radishes. This made spacing and planting easy. I didn't use it for the carrots as those seeds are too small to handle individually.
My plan is sequence plant White Icicle radishes every week until it gets too hot and then plant again in the fall when it begins to cool, I hope to be able to plant a fall crop of beets and carrots.
I had bought a packet of vining sugar snap peas and as I wanted to plant them early, I put up 4 tee pees in a 3' wide row that is east and parallel of the 4x30 raised bed and which I had worked up last year. I won't be using that row next year as it won't be part of the garden.
I'll have enough of the raised rows ready in time to plant the pole beans, the pepper plants I have started in the house and the tomato plants I'll be getting from my father-in-law.
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