[Lardman]

I may have miscalculated (again).

I'd like to put another 50 leeks in here somewhere, but where ? I've already binned the idea of kale and PSB this year. 

[Yorkie]

Is there room for them either by early harvesting some spuds, or else underneath the beans on the left - depending on the type of supports you've got?  Otherwise, what about getting some lettuce up?  You could always grown them in boxes at home?

[Nikkithefoot]

Could you put the leeks in among the fruit bushes, or at least around the edges?

[Aunt Sally]

Here you go - that path is a terrible waste of space

[Lardman]

Unfortunately that is home - no plot for me Yorkie  

The spuds went in very late (2/3 weeks ago) - I was hoping the courgettes would grow into the space left when I harvested the lettuce,  the beds are 8x4.

If I clear the spring onions / lettuce in the bottom right that would give me a 2x4 block I might get 21 in there or is it worth squashing the spacing do you think?

Possibly get a few in between the currants / quince but not around the raspberry thicket and the backberries are at the foot of a wall in about 2inches of soil  The blueberries have more space but the soil ph is low and I keep it soggy in there.

[Lardman]

Here you go - that path is a terrible waste of space

I had actually considered that Aunty.  Where would I put my glumphing feet?

[Aunt Sally]

Leave them on the ends of your legs me dear 

[Old Tom]

Gadzooks your sharp tonight Auntie.

[Aunt Sally]

That's our Lardman - he's a leg-end on the site 

[Lardman]

That's our Lardman - he's a leg-end on the site 

      

But I will give you 8/10 for

Leave them on the ends of your legs me dear 

I do wonder if I will ever learn to stop trying to put a quart in a pint pot.

[bigben]

A variation on the Aunty suggestion of the paths - I dont know what your paths are like but if they are not permanent paths then you could plant long lines of leeks round your beds which would still leave you room to walk. Assuming you cannot plant them just inside your beds. Dibbing holes around the outside and pop them in, even two to a hole and settle of baby leeks?

[Nikkithefoot]

That's similar to what I suggested above.

[Endymion]

Could you put the leeks underneath your beans, both French and Runner?

We've got celeriac under our French Beans. We weren't sure if it would work, but so far the plants seem to be doing okay, in fact they seem remarkably happy and a very rich green, possibly because their roots go into a trench of kitchen waste, are being kept warm by the beans and gets a decent amount of water too.

I can't see that leeks will mind extra water, and nitrogen from the beans.

[Growster...]

Just take a few inches off one or two of the path edges? We got a row down doing just that, and they're very happy.

I'm hoping to get rid of all the paths on 'Plot Growster' next year. There's about 100 s.f. to gain, which is currently used for standing and staring on, and it has to be mown and edged as well!

100 s.f = 10% more growing area, as long as everything is planted in straight parallel lines.

And no paths.

[DD.]

Paths?

Ah - that explains the white bits in the plan!