I apologize, when I typed that all out it was all spaced into rows and was much easier to read. For some reason it posted w/o all of my spacings. :(

5 feet width is too big, you won't be able to reach the middle. Mel recommends 4 feet width max!

To get it down to the right width just put stepping stones down the middle! That way you can reach all sides.

Hehe I was going to ignore the 5 foot part, assuming you've got long arms. It's tight but I could reach. You'll be fine.

My concern is that you want to avoid strawberries that run. They deserve their own bed.

That and the peas and cukes tend to get 30inches to 5 feet tall and like trellises. My layout has both at the north end of their respective beds with a trellis for them to climb. Otherwise I don't see anything wrong it it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sinfonian's garden adventure!

Thanks sinfonian!

I KNOW Its big. I KNOW its wide. But like I said, until I had it filled and was putting my twine grid up I didn't even realize that it was 5x10 instead of 4x8. I yelled at my husband for not telling me when he cut the one board in half for me LOL.

But its done, it is what it is this year. There is NO way I'm tearing it down and starting it over.

I planted my strawberries yesterday afternoon. Although they looked kind of sad, so it'll be interesting to see what grows and doesn't grow.

I have not planted my pickling cucs, nor tomatoes, nor peas yet. Those were started in separate containers.

The beans are bush beans so from the reading I did they won't need anything to climb. I will put something in for the peas to climb though, and tomatoes too. Thats why I spread them out so that I can still get in and to other stuff.

So much to learn! I'll be happy if ANYTHING grows this year LOL. Even one plant ;)