LINE ’EM UP
Want to maximise your planting space in the patch? Growing vegies in evenly spaced lines isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it does allow you to grow more in one place. Here are four methods for keeping your crops on the straight and narrow
MUFFIN TIN
1 PRESS a muffin tin firmly into prepared soil to make an imprint.
2 MOVE the tin across the bed, and make a line of regularly spaced muffin tin impressions. The imprints create a multitude of options for sowing seed or planting seedlings of a range of vegetables, depending on their recommended spacing. For example, you could place a radish or spring onion in each cup, or a beetroot in every second cup, creating diagonal lines down the rows. Play around with it and see what you come up with.
STRINGLINE
1 PLUNGE a short stake into prepared soil at each end of your proposed row.
2 RUN a stringline between the stakes, securing it to each end and pulling tightly as you go.
3 DRAG a trowel or a similar tool through the soil to create a channel, using the stringline as a guide. Sow seed into the channel, spacing it according to what’s recommended for the vegies you’re growing.