Not Enough Space in my Small Garden | Mid-June in Pacific Northwest Zone 8b

It’s mid-June in my Portland garden, and the driveway garden is shifting from spring abundance into summer planting mode. In this video, I’m clearing out crops that are finished or starting to bolt — spinach, lettuce, arugula, chard, bok choy, and beets — and using every little opening I can find to tuck in the next round of summer crops. That means runner beans, bush beans, shelling beans, winter squash, pumpkins, peppers, eggplant, basil, marigolds, asters, and even a slightly questionable block of corn. This is the point in the Pacific Northwest gardening season where the garden starts to become what it will be for summer. Some plans are intentional. Some are improvised. And some are probably a little too crowded. But that’s part of the fun of a small garden — making decisions in real time, seeing what fits, and learning from what works. I also talk through why I grow corn in a small garden, even when I know I’m not doing it the ideal way, and why pumpkins and winter squash are getting trained up trellises, branches, and bean sticks wherever I can make them fit. Thanks for spending time with me in the garden. #pnwgardening #vegetablegarden #smallspacegardening #gardening