We bought our house here in Virginia 6 summers ago. The first summer we took down trees and prepped a 100x100 area for a garden. We put in 7 rows 4 feet wide. Five sideways on the north side with a big walk/work area between them and the two verticle rows on the south side. The problem with the wide beds was that I kept falling into the middle when weeding.
My husband is 71 this year, so he has a hard time getting up and down to plant/weed, so two years ago, we started switching to 4 x4 raised beds. I can weed this without falling into the middle LOL. My husband moves his folding chair from area to area and takes longer and longer breaks as he works
We have tried intensive gardening too. Some things work and some plants escape and run amok. I grew up in Washington state and my parents planted in rows--but the hoeing nearly killed us kids.
I plan on trying to intensive garden this year. Every area I don't plant with veggies is going to be planted in flowers. And I am buying or making a bench to sit on and enjoy it all.
Our biggest problem is water--either it rains too much or rains nearly none.
Have fun.
Di
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