Garden Plans > 2014: Silbor Family Garden

About this Garden Plan

This is a family garden that is part of a group of community gardens.

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Uxbridge, MA
Garden Size: 39' 11" x 25' 0"
Garden Type: Community garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Good soil

Plan Notes

- Keeping warm is a problem. In front of wood stove or next to furnace when running. watered too much, pots started to get moldy -Should use plastic seed starters next time Kept in southwest corner of livingroom in greenhouse - Start marigold's indoors earlier - Sow indoors early: eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, marigold's (Use french style) - Sow in ground early: lettuce, spinach, broccoli, peas, carrots (April/May) - Sow in ground: sunflowers, borage, coreopsis, nasturtiums, bachelor buttons, dill, cosmos - Sow in ground when soil is warm: cukes, zucchini, watermelon, pumpkins, green beans (May/June) Cover cucurbit seedlings with screened food protectors -Cucumber beetles!!! - Transplant: peppers, eggpplant (May/June) Marigolds - purchase alyssum, rosemary, parsley, basil, water-tank flowers (petunias? Daisies?) - For cucumber beetles: -spray with Capt. Jack's Dead Bug - don't spray bolssoms -Use liquid of 1 onion, garlic cloves , 1 tsp. cayenne pepper, a few drops of dish soap, 1 qt. water - blend in food processor and strain out - For Powdery Mildew spray mixture of 1 gallon water, 1/2 tsp. dish soap, 1 tbsp. baking soda

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Alyssum
 Royal Carpet
85"5" x 5"Planted 12 mini seed starters indoors 4/6 germinated in a few days but seedlings are very fragile don't start indoors in future
Alyssum
 Carpet Of Snow
85"5" x 5"Planted 12 mini seed starters indoors 4/6 Germinated in a few days, but seedling are very fragile Don't start indoors in future
Basil 47"5" x 9" 
Beans (Bush Snap) 89"5" x 1' 1"Sow in ground -no manure or compost!
Borage 121' 1"11" x 1' 11"Sow in ground Great for Bees! Get very big , give plenty of space
Broccoli 51' 5"1' 5" x 1' 5"compost or manure worked into soil 2-4"deep roots are shallow fertilize 3 wks after transplant
Calendula 211"9" x 1' 11"Planted 6 mini seed starters 4/6 Didn't do well indoors
Carrot 543"3" x 5"Sow in ground - No manure! remove all stones deep till likes loose soil
Cornflower
 Bachelor Buttons
127"7" x 7"Sow in ground
Cosmos 87"7" x 7"Sow in ground
Cucumber 41' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"light sandy soil, peat, compost, or manure 2" deep Not too wet
Dill 87"5" x 9"Sow in ground
Eggplant 31' 3"1' 1" x 1' 5"Planted 10 seeds indoors 3/22
Flower
 Coreopsis
227"5" x 7"Sow in Ground
Flower 27"5" x 7" 
Flower 47"5" x 7" 
Kohlrabi
 Early White Vienna
109"7" x 11" 
Kohlrabi
 Early Purple Vienna
109"7" x 11" 
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Romaine
403"3" x 5"Sow in Ground loose, sandy, fine soil no clumps
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Red Romaine
203"3" x 5"Sow in ground Loose, fine, sandy soil no clumps
Marigold
 Sunset Giants Mix
127"7" x 7"Planted 12 mini seed starters
Marigold 197"7" x 7"Planted 18 mini seed starters
Nasturtium 1311"11" x 11"seed inground beautiful plants!
Parsley 65"3" x 9"bought at Walmart black swallowtail caterpillars eat parsley
Peas 243"3" x 7"Sow in ground - bamboo trellis with netting No manure or compost -Likes wood ashes and bone meal (phosphorous) shallow roots
Pepper 41' 1"11" x 1' 3"Planted 10 seeds indoors 3/22 Place 2-3 matches 1 tsp. fertilizer in each hole when planting
Pumpkin 22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"2-4" compost or 12-15" manure shallow roots raised row (hill) lay black fabric around to keep soil warm connecticut field -huge needs lots of space use whole bed next time or plant at home
Rosemary 97"7" x 7"Planted 8 seeds indoors 3/23 Only 3 seedlings by 4/14!
Spinach
 Baby Spinach
137"5" x 11"Sow in ground needs 6 wks of cool weather
Strawberry 81' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"Raised bed Buy 6 plants buckwheat hulls for mulch
Sunflower 511"11" x 11"Sow in ground
Tomato (Large)
 Roma
11' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"Planted 8 seeds indoors 3/22 seedlings emerged 3/26&27
Tomato (Small)
 Chadwick Cherry Organic
11' 7"1' 5" x 1' 11"Planted 16 seeds indoors 3/22 Seedlings emerged 3/28 &29
Valerian 22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Watermelon
 Sugar Baby
42' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11"build raised rows or hills compost or manure lay black fabric around to keep soil warm Livingston seed co. grew beautifully
Zucchini 31' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11"lots of compost worked into soil shallow roots Burpee's Fordhook zucchini- bush type grew beautifully - very large -needs lots of space at least 3ft.

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alyssum
 Royal Carpet
Alyssum
 Carpet Of Snow
Basil
Beans (Bush Snap)
Borage
Broccoli
Calendula
Carrot
Cornflower
 Bachelor Buttons
Cosmos
Cucumber
Dill
Eggplant
Flower
 Coreopsis
Flower
Flower
Kohlrabi
 Early White Vienna
Kohlrabi
 Early Purple Vienna
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Romaine
Lettuce (Leaf)
 Red Romaine
Marigold
 Sunset Giants Mix
Marigold
Nasturtium
Parsley
Peas
Pepper
Pumpkin
Rosemary
Spinach
 Baby Spinach
Strawberry
Sunflower
Tomato (Large)
 Roma
Tomato (Small)
 Chadwick Cherry Organic
Valerian
Watermelon
 Sugar Baby
Zucchini



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