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Re: crowded plants

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> It depends on your morning sun and what is planted to the east of this row
> area.  If you get plenty of strong morning sunlight, and the plants that
> are immediately east of this area can tolerate being shaded (e.g. lettuce,
> spinach, broccoli etc.) by the peas in the afternoon, they should be OK.
> The peas should be fine, you put your tall plants at the north end of your
> garden to avoid having them shade other plants, not because they need to be
> oriented in some specific fashion on their own.

The only thing they would shade is some raspberry bushes, which are 
taller than the peas would get anyway..... and wouldn't it be the 
plants to the west of the peas that would get shaded? Maybe i am all 
backwards here..... but I also didn't know that broccoli could 
tolerate some shade... I will keep that in mind for next year's 
crops... thanks!

> Since you have a strip that is 4x10, I'd plant the peas in a 1 foot row (10
> feet by 1 foot, so it is 10 squares) on the west edge of this strip, then
> plant some shade tolerant plant to the east of the peas (fall lettuce gets
> my vote), leaving a path on the east side of the plot if needed.

I think I will plant in a row like this, it sounds like it would work 
for me. And I also have some short season carrots I can plant in 
there as well amoung the peas.....
 
> Alternately, you can turn this 10x4 area into 2 4x4 beds with a 2 foot path
> between them, and plant peas in the "normal" orientation along the north
> end of one or both beds (depending on how much you like peas).

I was also under the impression that peas weren't supposed to be 
planted in more than 4 rows together. Which means I wouldn't be able 
to fill a 4 x 4 bed with peas and still have a good crop.... but I am 
sooo new to all of this, I haven't a clue at this point! Someone 
enlighten me!!! Unless someone has a better idea, I think I will put 
a long row of peas, 1 ft by 10 feet. I will throw a few carrots 
around them, using short season carrots. I have lettuce and radishes 
that also need to go in, and I would love to put some more beans in. 

And if it doesn't work the way I hope, there's always next year!

Missi
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