You will have a big hump in the middle that way.
I always plow one way one year, and then the other way the next year, in the fall of course. This, in a garden about 30' wide.
Then in the spring I till.
But if you have a really wide plot that is longer you could plow one way on one side, then move to the other side and go the opposite direction but then you will have a "dead furrow" in the center and that is a hassle as well to contend with.
The dead furrows always seem to generate issues at plow days for in BIG fields you will have numerous dead furrows.
When you are finished with the garden in the fall, if you don't plow, at least fill the holes where you dig spuds or pull large plants out and scatter any trash so it won't build up under the coulter next year and so it can get cut by the coulter & folded into the furrow you are closing. Then spring tilling won't be such a hassle. Some of my customers' gardens look like a battle field full of bomb craters in the spring and it makes tilling a real PITA.
Good luck and have fun!!
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