How the bed is laid out
Potato rows with beans climbing between the plants.
Potatoes are the backbone, growing May to September — which leaves room for spinach before (winter-sown) and Swiss chard after. Borlotti was the bean that year.
In this bed
From the log
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The printable recipe for Spinach + Potatoes + Beans + Swiss chard goes beyond this page — everything you need to actually grow this bed, start to finish, plus a full guide for every plant in it. It hasn't been made yet — it's coming as a printable PDF. Sign up for the Vegocracy newsletter below and you'll hear when it, and every other new guide, is ready.
Join the Vegocracy newsletterThe whole Jan–Dec calendar, not just the two open months either side of the lock below — every sow, transplant and harvest window for the bed.
| Jan | Feb | 🔒 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach direct-sown | S | |||||||||||
| Potatoes sown indoors | S | |||||||||||
| Beans | ||||||||||||
| Swiss chard sown indoors | ||||||||||||
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Spinach, Potatoes, Beans and Swiss chard — each with its own guide sheet bundled right into this recipe: sowing, care, harvest and what to watch for.
Fertilising, plant support and staking, and anything else the bed itself needs beyond the plants.
What worked, what I'd skip next time, and the mistakes worth avoiding in this exact combination.
Exact counts per variety, sized to this bed — not a generic packet's worth.
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