has anyone tried the ‘square foot garden’ method?
Question by agathoullis: has anyone tried the ‘square foot garden’ method?
since i don;t have much space in my back yard this sounded interesting. but i would like to know if anyone tried it/knows anyone who tried it or what you may think just from reading about it? 😀
http://www.squarefootgardening.com/
thanks in advance 😀
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Ok, I checked out the site and there’s one flaw. How do you grow large tomato plants in that small an area? My toms grew to be over 3′ high. This doesn’t show that. It also doesn’t show 2′ pepper plants or really tall basil like I have now.
Looks like it would be nice for small annuals and some herbs, but not much of a real veggy garden.
Last year, I had a 500 sq ft garden and I could barely see my own fence it was to thick.
Crazy Horse
February 17, 2012 at 11:01 am
i have the book beside me right now
i am adopting this method right now and having my frames built this weekend
it makes so much sense
i have tried various things and this seems ideal
i am going with 3 4×4 frames first to see how it goes
sorry its not the answer to your actual question, i am just excited someone else is trying it!!!!
just saw the 1st answer, you can grow tomatoes, you grow them in the back squares, against a frame, in my case along a fence with tension wires to train them
you are given numbers on how many of each veg to put in one square, if you have read the book, the ethos makes soooooo much sense, last year in the space i have i grew veggies for a family of 5 and i cook from scratch everyday and use loads, my children are 14, 15 & 18 so everyone eats adult portions
fi â™
February 17, 2012 at 11:42 am
Yes, it works with virtually any type of garden plants. I used it for 5 years until we moved to another location. Plan to do it again when I retire. haha.
James H
February 17, 2012 at 11:49 am
Yes, when the book first came out……ah, years ago. Excellent soil is KEY as you are shoving so much into a tiny space. Tomatoes were indeed the problem, they did take up so much space. We can’t train to single upright on a pole do to extra high sunlight levels so a cage was the best. Instead I’d suggest sticking with the smaller growing items, beans (now pole beans are OK) lettuces, spinach, onions, carrots, etc.
If you want to grow the “larger” plants such as tomatoes, squashes, cucumbers, put on the edge and let them trail away from the garden. Of course the slop over presents new problems………
Several great things: maintenance is a snap since it is so small. Second, weeds really don’t stand much of a chance once everything is filled out.
Don’t expect great amounts, enough for one or two people to eat from it.
fluffernut
February 17, 2012 at 12:43 pm