"How much do I plant?" That's a common question. The perfect-sized garden yields all the tomatoes and other vegetables that you need and some extra to share with friends. Please use this guide of how much you can expect to harvest from a 10 foot row to help you determine exactly how much of your favorites to plant.
Vegetable
Beans (lima), bush, pole: 2 pounds (shelled), 2 pounds (shelled)
Beans (snap), bush, pole: 3 pounds, 4 pounds
Cantaloupe: 3 to 6 melons; more with bush types
Corn: 10 to 20 ears
Cucumbers: 15 cucumbers; more with bush types
Eggplant: 10 to 20 eggplants
Okra: 3 to 6 pounds
Peas, Southern: 1 pound (shelled)
Peppers: 6 pounds (40 peppers)
Potatoes, Sweet: 7 pounds
Pumpkin: 1 to 3 pumpkins
Squash: 7 to 10 pounds; more with bush types
Tomatoes: 8 to 20 pounds
Watermelon: 1 to 2 melons; more with bush types
Cool Season
Asparagus: 4 to 5 pounds
Beets: 6 to 10 pounds
Broccoli: 4 to 6 pounds
Cabbage: 5 to 8 heads
Carrots: 60 carrots
Cauliflower: 6 heads
Collards: 5 to 15 pounds
Greens, Gourmet: 5 to 10 pounds
Kale: 5 pounds
Lettuce: 5 to 10 pounds
Mustard: 4 to 10 pounds
Onions: 8 to 10 pounds
Peas, English: 3 to 4 pounds
Potatoes, Irish: 15 pounds
Radishes: 60 to 120 radishes
Spinach: 5 to 10 pounds
Swiss Chard: 5 to 8 pounds
Turnips: 5 pounds greens, 150 roots