Trash cans inside wooden box built for them. Shrubs in front of chain link or climbers on chain link. Other narrow planting spaces use climbers trained onto frames or wires installed for purpose, with dwarf shrubs, other small plants beneath. Except for climbers choose plants maturing with height about 1/1/2 times width of bed at the point they are planted. Using that formula a 12" section of bed would be planted with 18" tall plants and so on.

Mrainey, to add another picture to this post, just click Reply and post another after your first one. I'm linking your other post below, so people can see both photos in one place. Here is a link that might be useful: Second pic of Mrainey's issue

Allie, Thats great! I am keeping track of folks in zone 5. Of course I didn't sow anything until the first of March. When did you sow yours? Kinda keeping track in my head of sow dates. Thanks, Mary

As always, you were absolutely right. I tell ya, I'm tickled to get through an entire season with some production and know kinda what happens with a few varieties of veggies. Watching the growth patterns and gaining insight to spacing needs. And especially knowing how they react to the soil as is. Most of my stuff wasn't amended. They did well! The not knowing is what drives me crazy. And these will come easy in the spring. Yay! and it's really awesome to know me.. where I get lazy, what's ridiculously difficult for me to handle and finding ways to make it easier. I'm winter sowing to see if I can get some things to come up on their own since I have plenty of mulch and good dirt. I really hate starting indoors. I'm certain I will have a bunch next spring, but the more I can reduce the happier I am. It's truly amazing how we're all different. In the beginning I was like "ooh.. she's doing this. I must!" But, in reality, I need to let a bunch of things go to seed that would drive you batty, but only because I'm happy to forage them for the bunnies. Next year I'll have the molokhia, alfalfa, lambsquarters, varieties of amaranth, Austrian peas and some other natives. Funny ... I don't mind weeding but hate starting seedlings. Weird. I was speaking of pepper jelly to my son last night. We started reminiscing over those wonderful Yukon Gold potatoes that came out of the garden. It is so awesome to see the kids get so excited. But those potatoes... were awesome. We agreed to expand the potato bed and put in "bunches and bunches and I'll help you keep them watered, Momma!" hehe