i decided to divide my garden into 4 quarters planting vegetables of the same family in the same quarter thereby getting a 4 year crop rotation. this should make my gardening much easier than the current method of trying to make a 4 year rotation when planting anything anywhere!
while i know that broccoli and cabbage are in the same family and tomatoes and potatoes are in the same family, i'm not sure about some others.
so here are my questions -
1. i think in the scientific name the 1st word is the family, is that correct?
2. aren't peppers in the same family as tomatoes and potatoes? peppers have a different 1st name than tomatoes and potatoes.
3. aren't cukes curcurbits like summer and winter squash? again the 1st name is different for cukes vs squashes.
4. peas (pisum sativum) and pole beans (phaseolus vulgaris) are not the same family? i'd have thought that they were.
5. peas (pisum sativum), cuke (cucumis sativus) and radish (raphanus sativas) all have similiar 2nd names but i assume they are not related?
thanks,
tom