Howdy....
My family and I are new to gardening. I've been studying up on "Square-foot gardening" and we want to start a garden this year. Has anyone here had any experience with this type of gardening? Any tips would be great. We also want to use a lot of different heirloom seeds also and any advice on that would be great as well. Thanks.
"Square Foot Gardening" (the book) is out in a recent edition (I picked up a copy for a relative's birthday). There's also "Cubed Foot Gardening" by another author. Both are (I believe) based on the French Intensive Method. I tried it a number of years ago, but my yard must have been a toxic waste dump or something, so I confine my gardening efforts to when I'm out in the country. :') Try it on a small scale first, with something you're going to eat for sure (three or four different crops), as you will need a lot of compost and/or compostable material. Each year you'll have more compost, and can expand your efforts.