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poolgoddess67

Succession planting

13 years ago

I have 6 boxes in a row facing south with trellises at the north in a row also. I'm in zone 5B in eastern IL feeding 3 people plus guests and any "extra" freezing or canning. I'm having trouble figuring out how to fit it all in. I'm planning on:

Broccoli
Beets
Lettuce (head, romaine, and leaf)
Spinach
Carrots
Radishes
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Kohlrabi
Bush beans
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Zucchini
Peppers (sweet n spicy)

It looks like half my beds would be empty for several months, and also looks early spring heavy.....My trouble is this: beans, cukes, peppers, zuch, and eggplant want to be planted Apr-Jun in my area, but the spring crops don't look to be harvested till early mid June? Tomatoes I am allergic to, so are in a different part of the yard. Am I missing some veggies that could make a difference?

So do I deliberately leave some beds empty till May, empty out the rest and leave ready for fall crops? Some kinda combo of the two?

Newish gardener of about 3 years now-been having more and more successes with each variety every year so I'm kinda confident I can gitrdun, just not sure how to make it work.

Thanks!

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