With such a small boring rectangular space, you certainly come up with many creative ideas to try things outside of the box.

Especially love the ways you consider using perennials to aid the new annuals.

Last year I had a long horizontal shoot from my grapevine, and it worked well with the other vinning annuals, like pole beans, to climb over. It is so fun to pick off the beans when grown like a string of christmas lights within arms reach.

Last year, my second year sage plants were also over producing. I was just discarding old leaves and completely forgot you can burn them to cleanse the air of toxic stress. The scent of the sage and lavender I have witnessed also calms the air for nearby vegetables by warding the aphids away. Especially helpful beside new plants in the brassica family.

I still have a hard time with cilantro. For me they only sprout in very rich, wet soil kept in the heat, yet everyone says they like the cold and shade. Know any secrets to get strong roots for tall leafy branches? I have tried planting many seeds close together, and they do seem to benefit when young as they tend to fall over otherwise. My guess is they probably need a constant dose of liquid fertilizer to energize the growth, because organics top dressing fertilizers do not spread deep enough into the soil later in the season.