Many of us may remember the term crop rotation from our school days lessons. But do you practice it in your own garden? Do you plant the same vegetables where you just always do it every year?
If so, consider this simple LFRN initialism, Let Fruits Ripen Naturally
L= leaf vegetables you use for food: Lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach;
F= fruit vegetables: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, corn;
R= root vegetables: Beets, parsnips, potatoes, radishes;
N= nitrogen fixing vegetables: Peas, beans, peanuts
Each year rotate Leaf vegetables to Fruit, Fruit to Roots, Roots to Nitrogen and Nitrogen to Leaf vegetables.
Simple, right?
Give it a try when you plant your garden this year.