I enjoy having a vegetable garden each summer and I am beginning to plan this year’s.
I have about two hundred square feet of raised beds that I want to use.
Typically I have tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, various herbs and spices, carrots, radishes, you know, the usual stuff. I also have a few pots with stuff in them; generally afterthoughts.
I have grown beans that climb upwards on a frame with strings. I have tried strawberries a few years, but they never really get going. I think the strawberries are really not worth the commitment with regards to the amount of space coupled with a lousy yield. Maybe it would be best to just buy the strawberries and focus on the other things.
For two hundred square feet, what sort of suggestions do you all have?
I want a good “bang for the buck” for the amount of space I will use. How many of each plant would you suggest? If you really know plants, what specific varieties do you like? I enjoy messing around in the garden, but I get bored quickly, so I want things that will not suffer too much with some indifference!
I don’t like okra and odd flavored “greens.” I want some onions that will grow well. The clime is mid Atlantic, just outside of Washington, DC and I have pretty good sun for a large part of the day.