I am attempting square foot gardening this year.
The box I cobbled together from old pallets, dirt is a mix of potting soil and local dirt spiced with chicken poo.
For the more observant viewers, you may notice that the closest 'V' is slimmer than the upper square -- the pallets were a little short. I plan to plant smaller vegetables in those areas.
Nicely done! I like to use this tool to drag and drop plants into a cell to get an idea of how many I can plant.
Oh! Nice, Thank you!
I'm new to this because this just popped up on my feed. But I've been wanting to get into some gardening and have a handful of pallets...any recommended reads?
Op was referring to the square foot gardening method, you can read more about it and the book here: https://squarefootgardening.org/ There are tons of YouTube videos and blogs writing about it too, if you prefer that over a book
Thank you!
It looks like you measured from the outside of the box. The square feet areas are supposed to be just the dirt. If you cheat them in a little to even them out the planting will still work fine.
This is so cool! What do you plan to plant? You should add some mint and green onions.
My first batch will be some spring onions, radishes, and leaf lettuce.
Mint, on the other hand, I have in a pot in the house and will likely stay in that pot for the season (unless I get a bigger pot for it), it likes to wander here and would likely take over my garden.
That sounds great! Radishes with a little salt are great.
Mint, on the other hand, I have in a pot in the house and will likely stay in that pot for the season (unless I get a bigger pot for it), it likes to wander here and would likely take over my garden.
But that's the fun!
No likely about it, mint is a weed. Great for fresh mint, not so great if you want to contain or get rid of it.
Even with the square foot method you can get some extra efficiency. Plant some radishes and carrots together. Plant some sunflowers and peas/beans together. A lettuce or two with a tomato.
@Vertelleus Nature doesn't know rectangles 😉
Nature may not, but it may help me organize plant based on spacing required 😉
@Vertelleus It's a form of gardening I didn't see for decennia. Never raised beds. Never planted on spacing required. If there is a gap in the bed, I plant something in it. Plants love companions and I just look on the rules of mixed culture. A bed is never empty, when it is cleared I sow or plant something at once.