We have 4 food gardens set up around our house, with two full sun gardens that we're going to re-shape into 6X6 squares this year, one partial sun 6X10 garden, and one slightly more shady 6X10 garden. All of these gardens are watered with an automatic system that pumps water directly out of the lake.
This year we also plan to add a potato box next to the full sun. The design isn't fully flushed out, but I've been leaning towards a rectangle box with a partition allowing us to grow potatoes on one side and compost on the other. One side of the box will have removable slats for each level so you can access the lower levels as needed. This way you can easily shovel compost from the bottom of your compost pile on top of the potatoes as you move up each level, and later remove the mature potatoes from each level in the same manner.
We're also going to add structures to keep the tomatoes, cukes, and squash off the ground better this year. I don't like the stakes or rounded wire enclosures so much, and we'll likely make squares with chicken wire this year that sit at a slight angle allowing the veggies to grow through the holes for easier picking. Haven't tried this before, so it is unclear how this will work.
I'll come back and add to this posts as I build out the structures and add some pictures.
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