There are more than two dozen vegetable crops well-suited for planting in narrow beds, also called wide rows. A wide row—or narrow bed—is about 3 feet across, never wider than you can reach to the center of the bed from one side or the other. The wide row-narrow bed means you will never have to…
Narrow planting beds
Narrow Beds, Not Rows, For Planting
Planting beds—not traditional rows—offer the best use of space for growing a home vegetable garden. Planting beds that space two, three, or more plants across a bed 1½ to 4 feet wide are ideal for a home garden. These beds are often called narrow beds—they are just wide enough for you, the garden keeper, to…