I think the best approach for the community garden plot layout is to group plants by their watering needs rather than by size. That way you avoid over-watering the drought-tolerant ones. For the raised beds, I would put tomatoes and peppers on the south side since they need full sun. Herbs can go along the edge where they get partial shade. If you want to stagger planting, try putting in root vegetables first since they mature faster and then follow with leafy greens. That keeps the beds productive all season without needing to replant everything at once.

I usually sort my cookbooks by cuisine type rather than alphabetically because I reach for Italian or Mexican more often than French. But for fiction books I actually prefer organizing by color since it looks better on the shelf and I remember covers more easily than author names. A friend told me they sort everything by publish date so they can see how writing styles have changed over time. That never worked for me though because I like grouping series together regardless of when they came out. It really comes down to how you browse your own collection.