Your garden looks wonderful! I was fighting the urge to do a garden this year but ultimately lost that battle; I decided I didnt want structure so I went for a chaos garden type setup. I threw basil seeds all over knowing the strongest would take root wherever they settled; I placed sunflowers of a few different varieties around the edges of my plot, Japanese Sweet Potato in a little 2x2 foot square, and 5 Hopi Blue Corn at random locations as an experiment (testing seed viability and local soil quality). I thought that would be enough but after a month and a half of pleasantly successful growth, I ultimately expanded to a second adjacent plot (both around 12x12) and recently planted a number of things I'll certainly come to regret as July rolls into August and September. In the center I planted an unknown giant pumpkin (3 of the 5 seedlings have broken through, im not looking forward to the squashbugs), around the edges in concentric rings (with space to walk in) ive planted Garlic Chives, more Sunflowers, Hungarian Wax Peppers, Brussel Sprouts, and lastly a bunch of Hopi Blue Corn. My hope is that by planting in volume as I've done, I'll have offset the likelihood of some seeds not taking - depending how big the pumpkins get, I'll thin the surrounding plants as needed. This is going to be a busy year for my garden, but hopefully a prosperous one; best wishes to you and well wishes for a fruitful garden!
Your garden looks wonderful!
I was fighting the urge to do a garden this year but ultimately lost that battle; I decided I didnt want structure so I went for a chaos garden type setup.
I threw basil seeds all over knowing the strongest would take root wherever they settled; I placed sunflowers of a few different varieties around the edges of my plot, Japanese Sweet Potato in a little 2x2 foot square, and 5 Hopi Blue Corn at random locations as an experiment (testing seed viability and local soil quality). I thought that would be enough but after a month and a half of pleasantly successful growth, I ultimately expanded to a second adjacent plot (both around 12x12) and recently planted a number of things I'll certainly come to regret as July rolls into August and September.
In the center I planted an unknown giant pumpkin (3 of the 5 seedlings have broken through, im not looking forward to the squashbugs), around the edges in concentric rings (with space to walk in) ive planted Garlic Chives, more Sunflowers, Hungarian Wax Peppers, Brussel Sprouts, and lastly a bunch of Hopi Blue Corn.
My hope is that by planting in volume as I've done, I'll have offset the likelihood of some seeds not taking - depending how big the pumpkins get, I'll thin the surrounding plants as needed.
This is going to be a busy year for my garden, but hopefully a prosperous one; best wishes to you and well wishes for a fruitful garden!