Beginner Gardening: My Pride and Joy, 0 by kbumgar

kbumgar wrote:
Hi Gymgirl,

We are fortunate to have a 1/2 acre backyard that is still within the city limits, so we had plenty of room for my garden. The dimensions are 12' wide x 24' long. The plants in the middle are accessed by a 2' walkway (well, it was supposed to be 2', but it really turned out to be a more narrow 1'). This allows me to walk down the middle without trampling the plants.

You are correct - the boards (2" x 6" x 12') are just standing upright supported by rebar that we hammered into the ground as stakes. It's not the prettiest, but it seems to be working so far.

Finally, I planted on May 21st. We have to start late around here or it will freeze at night and kill everything. The average DAILY temp was around 70. The average NIGHTLY temp was around 38. Let me tell you, I was so nervous those first couple of weeks. I thought I would lose everything to a freeze for sure!

I have attached a drawing of my original garden plan. The only difference from this plan vs. the photos of the garden now is that I added some pepper plants in near the tomatoes.