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(06-21-2016, 06:15 PM)Benton Wrote: I dont have much yard. I dont like taking up the space with raised beds through the fall.

We would plant fall Mums in our beds, then after that till in some compost in preparation for next years crops. Small yards present a challenge for sure, but in my part of KY they're kind of ignored thru the winter.

Another space-saving trick you might like is take an 8 foot length of 1" pipe, attach a bicycle wheel to the top and "plant" it into the ground, leaving the wheel 6 feet above ground. Then tie heavy string every few inches around the wheel and anchor the other end on the ground (6 to 8 inch spacing) with a brick/large rock etc, ultimately making a Christmas tree shape. Plant varieties of string/pole beans (we also planted lemon squash this way) at each ground anchor point, and they will vine all the way up to the wheel. Harvesting beans are really easy using this method and the whole thing looks pretty cool at plant maturity.