CROP ROTATION MADE EASY

As I waffle about how much of a fall/winter garden I want to deal with this year, I knew crop rotation is important. My method to figure out what to plant where, though, has been rather haphazard. I’d google to see if a specific fall plant could be planted with the plants I had in a particular spot over the summer and, if not, I wouldn’t plant it in that bed.

It turns out there’s so much more to know about crop rotation, but, I found this chart that simplifies the process.

The easy answer is to plant below ground crops after above ground crops.

I had been considering planting kale or kohlrabi in the bed that had tomatoes this summer. As it turns out, that wouldn’t be a good idea since they are both cruciferous vegetables. Maybe I’ll try rutabagas again…