I've thought a little more about this. The trellis area where I grow beans and peas is against a wall and thus a little bit sheltered. It never gets walked on but is adjacent to a path. I've built a trellis robust enough to be left in the ground and merely restrung.Lindsaylew82 wrote:But you can just start most of those seeds right in the garden and they'll be up within a week or 2! Most of them anyway! Squash, peas, beans, okra, corn, Cukes... They all go right on in the garden dirt! Just till a little earlier, or even better, just don't till! Add a layer of compost, and then just remulch!
Next year, I could mow the cover crop from that area and the path earlier than the rest, not till that portion but just cultivate the topsoil, and I could get pea and bean seeds going much earlier than the rest of the garden. I could maybe even strategize enough to get my cucumber trellis and area set that early too.
I don't know if I'll do it, but you've got me to seriously consider my options.