After my trouble with Dwarf Beans (See other thread) and the addition of a couple of extra plants I have had to redraw my plans on what to plant where.
My raised beds are now all spoken for for the next year with stuff like leaks replacing new potatoes and kale replacing onions (I have a fall back plan if the kale is ready too early) and so on. Even the bed that was to hold the dwarf beans now has extra broad beans in place.
So where to put the replacement scarlet runners, the sweet corn I was sent and the blue lake french beans I bought on impulse. Given I live in a very windy place.
So I have come up with a plan and seek opinions.
Here is my most sheltered spot looking from North to South and notice a couple of our islands largest trees (I have two larger ones but not by much). They will not cause too much of a shade issue as they are small leaved and the plot is in full sun for several hours.
In the picture you can see my small GH, rhubarb, in front of that my new herb garden and to the right of that my gooseberries. The plot in question is just behind the rhubarb:
This is the plot also looking from north to south and taken about 6am this morning so the sun is coming from the east:
This is looking south to north:
And this is my solution:
I propose to build a double sided Munty frame like a arbour or pagoda (In yellow) and of course train my beans of both varieties up it (green), but then just inside the frame in the best light I will plant my block of sweet corn (light green and again because I have too many plants I will also plant a couple of outside tomatoes (red) to see if it can be done up here.
I really have no other room so it's either this or don't grow all the veg I have, and given where I live and I have the most sheltered garden, no one else could so can't give it away.
I know I could have a shade issue for the corn (Already chitted and showing so can be planted first), a wind and salt issue for all of it. I may cover the side of the frame and the front of the plot with wind break material.
Any ideas that may help will be appreciated.
Bob