"tina" wrote in message

Whats your advice on how big the individual plots be?

That has to be something you must decide for yourself based on a
number of factors.

How tall are you, how far can you lean forward when on your knees or
from the waist? Do you plan to cultivate your plot once the hard
digging is done by hand or with long handled tools? How strong is
your back to lean from the waist? Do you plan to kneel whilst
gardening? How much free time do you have to devote to this garden?
Where does the sun come up and set, where do the wind/breezes come
from, what is the drainage like etc, etc

Any number of us can tell you differing things. For example, I could
tell you to make the bed 3 metres long by 1.5 metres wide but that
makes no sense as I don't know the lie of your land or how that bed
would be oriented to the sun.

It's your garden and you make it how you like and to please yourself.
And never apologise for it or try to justify it in terms of either
time or money. It's as personal as making love. What works for you
may or may not work for anyone else. So listen to all the advice and
omnivorously take it all in, but then make some decisions and stick to
them till they don't work for you anymore. Then you start the
decision making process all over again :-))