Orientation

[Oliver Buckle]

Wondering how you orient your rows, stuff that grows close I usually put roughly east to west so the sun is full on to the rows and the plants don't shade each other, but that's usually, not always. Things like potatoes which grow as individual plants pretty much I just put in to suit the run of the bed. In my last garden that was a south facing slope east west seemed natural, in this one where it is slightly north west facing it doesn't feel as though it makes a lot of difference and I tend to go with the way the bed runs.

 

[oneeye]

Wondering how you orient your rows, stuff that grows close I usually put roughly east to west so the sun is full on to the rows and the plants don't shade each other, but that's usually, not always. Things like potatoes which grow as individual plants pretty much I just put in to suit the run of the bed. In my last garden that was a south facing slope east west seemed natural, in this one where it is slightly north west facing it doesn't feel as though it makes a lot of difference and I tend to go with the way the bed runs.

I love your observation friend. Makes a lot of sense too. Can you post photos?