designing tiny square foot veg plot

[KGreen]

i've got a corner of my courtyard garden i'd like to use for fruit/veg but i have no idea really about spacing. it's 55 by 65 inches with walls on the south and east sides. i have been growing herbs/tomatoes in containers for the last few years. i'd like to try out various bits and see how they go. the numbers on this plan are based on square foot gardening but seem rather too much for the size of the plot really. what do you think? i'm in the northwest if that makes a difference.
i'm also planning on having tomatoes under a window on a south facing wall and a herb/salad trough under a west facing window sill.

[Bigmallly]

Hello & welcome to the vine KG.........I'm assuming your Runners are going to be growing up some kind of supports. If so move your sprouts & parsnips, put the squash & peas in their spaces so they can also be trained up the same supports. You should be able to grow 1 broccoli per square. Increase your leeks to 16 from 6. 16 parsnips is pushing it a bit, knock 'em down to 9. 9 spinach may also be too many, try 4. Hope this helps.

[KGreen]

thanks!

that's great thank you very much. appreciate that designing from scratch and having a proper garden for the first time means the first seasons will be very experimental. i will definitely bear your thoughts in mind.

[Bigmallly]

Rule of thumb really is to plant the tallest at the back so as not to cast a shade on smaller crops. Otherwise just have a play and see what happens.

[WilliamD]

Hi KG. Like Mally implies light is so important. Sorry, I'm sure you already know that, but how tall is that wall at the top of your diagram? Does daytime sunlight sine directly on your patch?