which direction to plant?

Hi Titch,

My allotment slopes down hill slightly and is East facing so all plants have to shape up or ship out.

Nothing as luxurious as a choice I'm afraid.

My way of thinking is that they either grow or they don't.

If they don't then they won't be invited back next year!!

like that idea ice, think i might go with that one, thanks,

what about broads?
not grown them before do they need the same as runners
peas i will do a net frame for as i have some net already, left hand side sounds perfick

My allotment is South facing and everyone except me seems to plant in rows E to W but my patch is divided into 3 North to South running beds each about 7ft wide and 45ft long with other beds for perennials such as fruit, rhubarb, asparagus, perennial broccoli, globe artichokes etc.  I have put runners North/South on a tent structure but this year have made four wigwams each with 9 canes as they only needed to be tied once!  Everything else is crop rotated over the three beds and runs north south.

I crossed my frames nearer the middle than the top last year, Kristen.  It worked very well, was far easier to pick those higher up (especially as I'm only small)