I plant in squares so mine do both. However, if I were to plant in rows, planting the same crop in each row, I would plant east-west. This would allow the shorter crops to be farther south and taller crops farther north to prevent shading. I don't know how that would work for crop rotation. On 14 Jun 99, Harry Boswell wrote: > Quick poll: > > Do your vegetable beds run east-west or north-south? Lorraine Young, Southern Ontario lyoung@npiec.on.ca