The digging continues, first crops of peas are in and actually starting to come up! I have a lot of in-ground beds dug, though the soil has been lifted out, fluffed, amended (some what) and put back in, producing about 4-6" flat-top pyramids. Each bed measures about 4'x6'. The Plan is to develop a sort of template for a standard bed design (swapping out individual plants in particular beds, but keeping the template generally the same for most of the beds) for when the first batches of peas are done, come late May/early June. The original idea was something like this: -------------------------Pole Peas/beans------------------------- ----- Lettuces ---- Spinach ----- Lettuces ----- Spinach --------- (Basil/Oregano/Parsley) (Tomato/Pepper) (Herbs) (Tomato/Pepper) ----- Lettuces ---- Spinach ----- Lettuces ----- Spinach --------- -------------------------Pole Peas/beans------------------------- The general template comes from a book called 'High-Yield Gardening'. However, subsequent research on companion planting suggests peas/beans will adversely affect the tomatoes/peppers (Wikipedia seems to think so anyway). Does anyone have any experience/suggestions on companions and high intensity planting/bed design? Thank for reading! :D