Not trying to make it complicated, just figured tomatoes and peppers in the same places 2 years in a row I should mix it up a little (so many fungal and bacterial diseases last year with the wet weather I thought this year esp. should rotate). Plus those areas needed N and the beans would supply that. Bean row from last year (will be tomatoes this year) was potatoes the year before. But will throw more compost down since the leaves didn't really compost under the burlap, plant tomatoes in 1 of the spaces they were the past 2 years but other tomatoes will be rotated. I don't usually fertilize during the growing season but I did last year since the tomatoes were just sitting there turning purple in the cold wet weather (turns out plenty of P, K, Mg, Ca, etc., low in N but main problem was it was so wet the roots weren't growing). The beds that weren't covered with burlap had weeds pulled out, clover chopped up and dug in (I don't have tiller) and compost spread (except for the rows where I planned to put beans). I also tried to rotate my brassicas, put the kale in with the lettuce this year, and where kale was last year is summer squash and cukes. The lettuce and kale is where the cukes were, and cantaloupe is where squash was. Just the pickling cukes dill and cilantro are where they were last year. But since Dave mentioned the different needs of beans vs tomatoes, I thought I'd ask what could go in the same bed on other side of the trellis - some spots are 3ft wide but others are more like 2ft and with beans toward the middle, I can't get things too far away. They're high mounded beds, not framed in, and water not readily available.

Sarah, I had the exact same problem when I planted my very first garden years ago. I had just moved into a house that never had a garden and the yard was overgrown. I found the problem to be mice! Mice love to take a bite and run, they also climb so you may find the bite marks on tomatoes high and low. Those mice later got so bold that they would come out while I was weeding!!! I later found the neighbor on the other side of the fence had an old shed that was infested with the rodents. Try setting a couple of mouse traps, using peanut butter, out in your garden. I know it may sound ridiculous, but I trapped over 40 mice that first year. After that, the bite marks disappeared!!

Tietie, I figured that out pretty quickly.LOL I am another that is cooking a bun in the oven, mine will be done cooking earlier, the end of July and just in time for big time canning and the garden into full swing. Only problem is that I will have a c-section and won't be able to do much lifting for 6 weeks, but my mom is coming up to stay at that time so guess who will help me with canning this year. Stacie

I've had planted tomatoes this october to go through the winter here in AZ. winter. I covered them when it froze and gave them Christmas lights for extra warmth. Plant something you're not too attached to and see what happens. Can't hurt. Might given you something early. Mine made it through the winter and are giving me some early little tomatoes. They are Early Girls. They do, however have some kind of disease (early blight?) from all the rain we had last month. Thank goodness they are far away from the other tomato patch but I'm worried about my year old eggplants and peppers. All of my new seedlings were out in 40 degree weather because of a housefire this winter. They only got covered if we had a freeze warning. They were on a concrete pad and it didn't seem to hurt them one bit.