Ivydene Gardens Companion Planting:
Gertrude Franck's Vegetable Garden

Gertrude Franck's Vegetable Garden Layout with Companion Planting

The explanation of the A. B. and C. labels in the Vegetable Garden plan below is given at the bottom of the previous page. Each Plant in each section of a Bed in the Vegetable Garden Plan below is the only vegetable in that horizontal row from side to side in that section; the next row in that section may well be the other vegetable stated in that box, or if no other vegetable is stated, then it will be another row of the same vegetable.

Fence with Flowers and Gate

All
kinds
of
herbs,
ann-
uals
and
perr-
enials

Chi-
ves
and
Rhu-
barb

B.
Cauliflo-
wer
and
B.
Celeriac

C.
Late
Carrots

C.
Lettuce

A.
Cucumber

A.
Tomatoes
alternating
with
C.
radishes

A.
Cabbage
C.
Lettuce
(second
sowing)

B.
Caulifl-
owers
and
B.
Celeriac

B.
Onions
followed
by
C.
corn salad

A.
Cabbage
C.
Lettuce
(third
sowing)

C.
Late
Carrots

A.
Late
Cabbage
and
B.
Celeriac

A.
Tomatoes
alternating
with
C.
Radishes

C.
Carrots
(second
sowing)

C.
Late
Carrots

B.
Black salsify

B.
Onions followed by
C.
Sugarloaf

C.
Carrots (second sowing)

C.
Late Carrots

A.
Late Cabbage and
A.
Celeriac

A.
Beans alternating
with
C.
Kohlrabi

C.
Carrots (second sowing)

C.
Endives or other salad crops

A.
New Potatoes

B.
Spring Greens alternating with
B.
Celeriac then
B.
Kidney Beans

B.
Beetroot

C.
Various Salad crops

A.
Brussels Sprouts
B.
and Kale

A.
Beans alternating with
C.
Kolhrabi and
C.
Radishes

B.
Beetroot

B.
Leeks

covering 3-year-old Straw-
berries

C.
Carrots

covering 3-year-old Straw-
berries

B.
Marrowfat Peas

C.
Carrots

B.
Onions

covering 2-year-old Straw-berries

C.
Lettuces and radishes

covering 2-year-old Straw-berries

B.
Peas followed in August by Straw-berries (new planting)

To avoid crop rotation problems the gardener :

1. changes his crops 2 or 3 times in the same row and
2. in the following year displaces the rows 25 cm away from where they were before, so that it is extremely unlikely that the same or a closely related plant will occupy the same place again.

Surface composting ensures a constant supply of nutrients and water to the soil, gives it protection and enriches it in humus. The strips where the compost is laid down this year will become the places where vegetables are grown next year, since the rows are displaced 25 cm sideways.