Starter beds
Bed layouts with the plants already spaced. Add one to your garden, then move, swap, or remove anything.
Beginner starter bed
4′ × 8′Traditional Gardening7 cropsTomatoes, basil, bush beans, lettuce, radishes, arugula and marigolds in a 4 × 8 raised bed, each spaced for its full-grown size. A good first bed if you've never grown vegetables.
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Beginner starter bed (square foot)
4′ × 8′Square Foot Gardening7 cropsThe same seven crops packed square-foot style: one tomato per square, nine bean plants, sixteen radishes. More food from the same bed, with more watering and thinning.
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Salsa garden bed
4′ × 8′Traditional Gardening5 cropsJalapeños, sweet onions, cilantro and oregano: everything for fresh salsa except the tomatoes, which grow better in a separate bed from peppers.
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Spring salad bed
4′ × 8′Traditional Gardening6 cropsLettuce, spinach, carrots, radishes and chives you can sow before your last frost. Pick leaves as you need them and re-sow every few weeks.
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Kitchen herb garden (square foot)
4′ × 4′Square Foot Gardening7 cropsBasil, cilantro, parsley, chives, thyme, oregano and dill in a 4 × 4 bed small enough to sit by the kitchen door.
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Fall greens bed (square foot)
4′ × 8′Square Foot Gardening5 cropsKale, bok choy, mustard, spinach and arugula sown in late summer. A light frost makes them sweeter, and the spinach can last through winter.
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