[afraidfortherepublic]

Here is the start of my Square Foot Garden (veggies) that I am starting out fromt. There are 2 boxes -- one 4 x 8 feet, 3 timbers high, and one 2 x 8 feet, 4 timbers high. I need a compost pile, although it is a little late to start one.

The planting mix will be 1/3 Peat, 1/3 Compost, and 1/3 Vermiculite. Both boxes will be divided into 1 ft. squares and planted with various vegetables and edible flowers, herbs, etc. The crops will be rotated as they are havested, although I don't expect to get a full rotation with our short growing season. But it should yield enough to feed my husband and me and some to give away next summer.

These boxes are in an old pasture that I keep mowed. There will be a fence to keep the deer out, eventually. I'm going to rely on other means to fend off the deer (like I do in my rose garden) in the beginning because I really want to make this garden larger, and my husband is not co-operating right now. No sense in blocking my expansion plans with a fence too soon. LOL.

What do you all think? Has anyone here tried Square Foot Gardening?

[afraidfortherepublic]

What happened to my picture?

[Tatze]

I did a modified square foot garden this year. Instead of Mel’s Mix, I just used store bought potting soil. I tried corn, beans, onions, carrots, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Nothing was great, but the beans did fairly well. 4 of the 6 sweet potato slips I planted died (was a little slow in transplanting them), but those 2 did fairly well.

I wish you the best of luck, but don’t be discouraged by lower than expected results. Its a learning process. This year was little better than last year, and I hope next year will be a little better than this year.

[hoosiermama]

I combine “square Foot” gardening with Lasagne method...Also do some container gardening...It all depends on the food I’m tryint to grow. Sweet potatoe in container, Potatoes= Lasagne etc etc.

Have almost finished building my 6 X 10 Greenhouse....Brought in my ferns and herbs....What Can I grow in it this winter (besides start plants) any ideas??????.....One hour north Louisville/west of Cinncinnatti

[scottteng]

yes square foot fan here in Florida I am afraid I will not be much help to you as you are in the frozen tundra of south canukistan. I planted lettuce and spinach last weekend along with radishes and some other stuff that likes cooler weather all my last lettuce having bolted in June. Our climate here is much different than yours sq ft style works well so one does not have to enrich large expanses of sugar sand. Put the herbs where you can get them easily to cook with even a window box is good.