My not quite organic garden - weeds, already!

Finally, got my veggie garden planted and was able to take a picture! I designed this garden layout based on my inherent laziness! It's split into sections that are easy to weed (theoretically) , easy to plant, easy to dig, each section at a time. And so far, it has worked much better than your average big plot where everything grows together. The bricks make it easy to navigate, roll the wheelbarrow through, etc. I love how it looks after it's first planted, because it just looks so tidy! Trust me, I'll post a pic in August and you'll see the Tomato and raspberry jungle... it's like a ganja trail - you almost need a machete!!

The best part of this is that I can really use the space efficiently! Here's what's in the garden (Counter clockwise from the outer sections):

• Upper Right: Raspberry canes - Heritage variety that produce two crops per year
• Upper Left: One Zuchinni plant in far corner, bush beans planted along front, pole beans planted along fence Also a cucumber at the far left point, as well as a crazy, over producing yellow pear tomato.
• Lower Left: Herbs (parsely, basil, sage, rosemary, thyme, taragon, cilantro, oregano, Mother f'n chives), I also plant the broccoli in this section - but I haven't found any yet this year to plant! I might put the celery that Scott bought in that section...
• Lower right: Very shady, so this year I might put in the leeks and pumpkins that Scott bought and see if they tough it out.
• Middle Section: upper right: Cherry and big boy tomatoes
• Middle Section: Upper left: Beefsteak and purple cherokee tomatoes and hopefully tomatillos
• Middle section lower left: Lettuce, spinach, carrots and radishes (Aka baby bunny food)
• Middle section lower right: Red and Yellow peppers, and jalapeno plant.

So, in this simple 20X20 garden, I count 30 different edibles. In addition, I have two clematis along the fence with some art, and I generally plant Zinnias for some color. Not bad for a garden plot in the middle of the city! If you look closely at the picture, you'll see on the rigth side my only non-organic appliction - Preen... Since I made this garden from a chunk of lawn in my back yard, i continually fight against weeds... so I have broken down and used Preen for several years, which has been very effecitve at preventing complete domination by crabgrass, lambsquarter, clover violets, and all the stuff I happily mow down in my yard!

So, I can't wait to start to harvest, if I'm lucky, the lettuce and spinach will pop soon and if I can beat the bunny brigade, we'll be having a salad soon! Next will be Raspberries, then beans, then tomatoes, then peppers, then brocooli (if I can find it!)... and even now, I can harvest little bits of the herb plants... along with needing to weed and mulch... I am a happy gardener!