Garden Plans > 2012: Community Plot

About this Garden Plan

This is a draft that includes a three-sisters bed. I broke up most of the area by family but will revise next by including more companion planting design. This is draft 1 for our new community plot.

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: KU Student Farm
Garden Size: 44' 9" x 36' 11"
Garden Type: Community garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Basil 107"5" x 9"BASIL: Plant with tomatoes to improve growth and flavor. Basil also does well with peppers, oregano, asparagus and petunias. Basil can be helpful in repelling thrips. It is said to repel flies and mosquitoes. Do not plant near rue or sage.
Beans (Bush Snap) 859"5" x 1' 1" 
Beans (Dry) 609"7" x 1' 1" 
Beans (Fava) 77"5" x 9" 
Beans (Pole) 1609"5" x 1' 1" 
Beet 175"3" x 7"companion plants: bush beans, cabbage family, lettuce, onion, sage
Bok Choy 227"7" x 9" 
Borage 31' 1"11" x 1' 11" 
Cabbage (Spring Red) 52' 5"1' 11" x 2' 11" 
Cabbage (Summer) 91' 7"1' 5" x 1' 9" 
Carrot 1723"3" x 5"Companion plant with beans, lettuce, onion, peas, radish, rosemary, sage, tomato, plant awa from dill and parsnips
Chamomile 511"9" x 1' 3" 
Cilantro 157"5" x 9"CORIANDER (Cilantro, Chinese Parsley etc.): The leaves of this plant are Cilantro. When left to flower and go to seed the dried tan seeds are Coriander, a familiar spice. It is a member of the carrot family. Repels harmful insects such as aphids, spider mites and potato beetle. A tea from this can be used as a spray for spider mites. Partners coriander are for anise, caraway, potatoes and dill.
Corn 721' 1"11" x 1' 5"When corn reaches 4 inches (about 2 weeks) plant the beans. The beans should be presoaked and planted 6 in from the corn. Next plant 4 squash plants, 1 foot from corn plants. When corn in a foot high apply aged manure near stem or fish emulsion and do this again when silk appears. Once students observe young fruits, side-dress the squash plants with aged manure or compost. If you pinch off the tips of squash runners after several fruits have started to form, the plants will devote more energy to producing squash. Plant corn when spring nights are 50 degrees or higher.
Cucumber 141' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"CUCUMBERS: Cucumbers are great to plant with corn and beans. The three plants like the same conditions: warmth, rich soil and plenty of moisture. Let the cucumbers grow up and over your corn plants. Cukes also do well with peas, beets, radishes and carrots. Radishes are a good deterrent against cucumber beetles. Dill planted with cucumbers helps by attracting beneficial predators. Nasturtium improves growth and flavor. Keep sage, potatoes and rue away from cucumbers. It is said that cucumbers don't do well planted next to tomatoes. We have never had a problem with planting them next to each other
Dill 27"5" x 9"DILL: Improves growth and health of cabbage. Do not plant near carrots, caraway, lavendar or tomatoes. Best friend for lettuce. The flower heads of dill are one of the best nectar sources for beneficial insects in the garden attracting hoverflies, predatory wasps and many more. Repels aphids and spider mites to some degree. Also may repel the dreaded squash bug! (scatter some good size dill leaves on plants that are subject to squash bugs, like squash plants.) Dill goes well with lettuce, onions, cabbage, sweet corn and cucumbers. Dill does attract the tomato horn worm so it would be wise to plant it somewhere away from your tomato plants. Do plant dill in an appropriate spot for the swallowtail butterfly caterpillars to feed on. Even their caterpillars are beautiful.
Eggplant 61' 3"1' 1" x 1' 5" 
Fennel 1711"9" x 1' 1" 
Flower 77"5" x 7" 
Flower 57"5" x 7" 
Kale 251' 3"1' 1" x 1' 5" 
Lavender 11' 3"1' 1" x 1' 7" 
Leek 167"5" x 11" 
Marigold 317"7" x 7" 
Marjoram 27"5" x 9" 
Nasturtium 1411"11" x 11" 
Okra 211' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"OKRA: (Hibiscus esculentus ) Plant lettuce around your okra plants and they will shade the lettuce in the summer giving you some more growing time. Okra also does well with peppers and eggplants as it helps protect these brittle stemmed plants from high winds. It also gets along with basil, cucumbers, melons, and black eyed peas. For planting with the peas plant your Okra first. When the okra is up and established plant the peas around the edges of the okra planting. You may find that the peas are far less bothered by aphids when near okra.
Onion 415"3" x 7" 
Oregano 17"5" x 9" 
Other (Small) 513"3" x 3" 
Parsley 25"3" x 9" 
Peas 103"3" x 7"PEAS: Peas fix nitrogen in the soil. Plant next to corn. Companions for peas are bush beans, bole beans, carrots, celery, chicory, corn, cucumber, eggplant, parsley, early potato, radish, spinach, strawberry, sweet pepper, tomatoes and turnips. Do not plant peas with chives, gladiolus, grapes, late potatoes or onions.
Pepper 301' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Potatoes (Maincrop) 211' 5"1' 1" x 2' 5" 
Rosemary 17"7" x 7" 
Sage 411"11" x 1' 3" 
Spinach (Malabar) 311"9" x 1' 1" 
Squash (Winter) 72' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Sunflower 2411"11" x 11" 
Sweet Potato 481' 5"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Swiss Chard 211' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Thyme 411"11" x 1' 3" 
Tomatillo 22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Tomato (Small) 211' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Tomato (Small)
 San Marzano Heirloom (ind)
11' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11" 
Turnip 207"5" x 11" 
Watermelon 82' 10"2' 10" x 2' 10" 
Zinnia 511"11" x 11" 

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