I grow my corn in a similar sized lot, at home, not a community garden. I space my rows 3' apart, so I can walk between any two rows, and the corn does use lots of space, with a large root system. I generally seed all varieties I use 10" apart in the rows. I feel I need access to both sides of each row, for "hilling" and weeding. My preferred method for your space would be to have seven rows, three feet apart, 30 feet long. You could plant three different varieties, with differing maturities, and have little cross pollination, among your own plants. A neighbor could, however mess up this plan if he also grew corn. I do this. The three varieties I have been planting the last few years are: Early Sunglow, Peaches and Cream, and Silver Queen. Their maturities are about 60, 70, and 90 days, respectively. I usually plant the Early Sunglow at one end in all rows, wait a week or ten days, plant the Peaches and Cream at the other end, wait another week or ten days, and then plant the Silver Queen in the middle. Harvest is spread out over a long time, with almost no cross pollination, and what there is only causes a coloration problem, as the corn is all SU or SE type, as n2xjk mentioned, above. I eat Early Sunglow until Peaches and Cream starts ripening, then freeze the rest of the Sunglow and start eating Peaches and Cream. When Silver Queen starts ripening, I freeze the rest of the Peaches and Cream, and start eating Silver Queen. After the last of that ripens, I freeze it. Then it is fall, and I have to start eating that frozen corn. Not too bad!

Even better for quick hand watering with a hose --cut off the bottoms of milk, apple juice, & 2 liter bottles & insert with the neck down into the soil. The wide open top which was the bottom of the jugs is easier to fill especially when the plants have grown large. Especially works well for larger plants like zucchini, cucumber, & tomato plants. Fill all of them once & go back around 2-3 times so that it waters enough. You might have to experiment with the location and quantity of jugs to effectively water the entire plot. Early on when you have seedlings a watering wand still works to fill jugs & broadcast light spray around the small plants. You might get your child to enjoy the watering if you put some little toy fish or similar floating toys inside the jugs. They help you water to make the fish swim in the water as you fill it up. Your child can move the fish to the next jug for you to fill. Make it a game to water the garden and the playground will be the reward when the garden is watered or play 1st then water for a break and play again.

Nice! Not many peppers, but they're pretty! Do you have any pics of the Bhuts? A friend and I will be growing some next year, and we're very excited.... Have you considered posting this Thread to the Hot Pepper Forum? There might be some folks (particularly in the norther regions) interested in your methods. Josh

Well, I've decided NOT to burn the debris. I don't want to burn up any of my good guys in my soil. So I'll do it the old fashioned way and put it into the bags for the garbage. There's a large composting company not far from me, and I assume they may purchase a lot of this yard waste. I was thinking of going and visiting that place this spring just to check it out. Our leave burning rules are very strict, and I confess I LOVE the smell of burning leaves. Takes me back to my childhood. But never having known anyone with asthma I simply did not know until your post Kimmsr, that it caused problems like that. I've got neighbors that would be like the ones you described, only in my case, it's just the fire hazard that upsets me. They pile their leaves in their yard, but in an area that is right next to my driveway. And they continually add charcoal starter to keep it roaring. I always keep an eye on it, and am ready to dial 911. They burn at times when it's not allowed, but they are the type that don't believe in city rules. They get cited for stuff all the time, and just complain and moan about neighbors who snitch on them. Fortunately, I get along with them, but their belief that rules don't apply to them does drive me crazy. Now I just have to wait for the rain to stop so this debris can dry out and I can rake it up. During winter months, they only collect it one day a month, so my timing has to be right. I once raked two bags of sticks, put them out by the curb and it wasn't the right day. It rained, and made a huge mess when the bags fell apart.