Clarence Booker
Hands planting seedlings into red soil

April 5, 2026 · 6 min

Planting tomatoes deep

Burying the stem up to its first leaves, with a cage for each plant.

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  1. The tomato bed

    Deep planting, tall cages and a thick mulch from May on.

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  2. The bean and pea bed

    Peas in March, beans in May and seed saved in the autumn.

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    3. The bean and pea bed, March: Peas up the string
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  3. The greens bed

    Spinach, collards and kale cut at a comfortable height.

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  4. The root bed

    Carrots, beets and sweet potatoes in a deep, loose bed.

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    4. The root bed, April: Sowing carrots before the rain
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  5. The squash bed

    A raised hill, a bottle of water and plenty of room to run.

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Storm clouds over a vegetable plot at first rain

The root bed · April 2026

Sowing carrots before the rain

A fine bed, a thin line of seed and some patience.