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Chickies11
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I like the idea of having the lettuce under the squash\zucchini! I always thought that they needed a lot of space, but I might be wrong. I would love to try that!Just curious, why can you only have one 4'8" × 4' raised bed?
Sorry if you already shared this and I missed it.
If plants can sprawl over the adjacent lawn or patio, you could plant some squash at the edges and train them to grow out off the bed. Another idea is a few strawberry plants. Strawberries should be perennials in your area, so they'll come back each year. You might need to remove old plants and trim runners annually, but that's all. Bush varieties of summer squash and zucchini are compact enough. You could grow lettuce under their large leaves that will provide shade for the lettuce in the heat of summer. I really like green leaf and Boston bib lettuce.
You could even grow corn it sunflowers along one edge and then allow beans to grow up the stalks.