How the bed is laid out
Strawberry plants and arctic bramble mixed across the bed, with small onion clusters placed in the gaps.
One of the hidden gems among the pairings — the onions confuse the pests, the bramble covers the ground, and everything in the bed is edible.
In this bed
From the log
Get the complete plan
The printable recipe for Strawberries + Arctic bramble + Yellow onion (from seed) 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 | ||||||||
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| Strawberries | ||||||||||||
| Arctic bramble | ||||||||||||
| Yellow onion (from seed) sown indoors | S | |||||||||||
🔒 The full Mar–Oct calendar is in the printable recipe. Join the letter — hear when it lands
Strawberries, Arctic bramble and Yellow onion (from seed) — 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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A friendly reminder: every garden plays by its own rules. Zones, soil, weather and a hundred small things decide what works — so this is how I did it and what worked for me, not a promise. Try, learn, adjust, try again.. that's half the fun anyway.