GardenHacker:
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Your path to Success(ion Planting)

Maximizing your yield without increasing your size - sounds like it comes from a management guru. It's possible in your garden as well. Wouldn't you like to increase the amount of fresh veggies you get without having to till another seven rows? I would - I don't tend to till, but I'd still like to keep some of the land for other things (like fruit trees!), but I digress. Succession planting can be done throughout the growing season, and intermixed with other plants to take advantage of the shade or the sun, depending. "...Most gardeners practice a simple succession planting in row gardens by following a lettuce planting in spring with a late crop of, say, beans, or by staggering plantings of beans or sweet corn to ensure a steady harvest. Staggered plantings also work well with lettuce, radishes and other fast-yielding crops. I've even been known to plant lettuce under my corn so it has plenty of shade. Carrots grow especially well this way. Be warned! Succession planting demands careful attention to days-to-maturity for each vegetable you plant, and attention to soil fertility to keep the intensively planted vegetables growing well. ..." Link

As some plants need their space all summer (pumpkins come to mind,) and others don't (like lettuce), sitting down and planning when and where the plants will go and grow will bring success in this endeavor There's a nice chart located here: Link

"... With the first method, you divide the garden space that you allot for corn into three or four portions. Then plant each section one to two weeks apart.

"A second method is to choose four different varieties with four different maturity dates. Again, divide your garden space into three or four sections. But, this time, plant is all varieties at once. A variation of this is to plant the early corn first, the next type one week or so later, and so on. If you are planting a lot of corn, this gives a small break in between harvests. As much as we all love corn on the cob, some people do get tired of it, if it is eaten too frequently. ..." Link, including some good examples.