Square Foot Gardening

Conversations About Square Foot Gardening

• Now I've done it!

  It all began with a few packets of seeds, peat pellets, and tiny clay pots my wife brought home from the dollar store. "I'm gonna grow tomatoes and herbs." says my wife. "I have enough to do, leave me out of it." says I. Well, plants do what plants do… More

• hello again from Oregon

  hello again. I joined you all here last month. I had told you I was trying the square foot gardening again this year again. (last year we had compost that wasnt ready, not a great garden) This year we are trying again, with hopefully better dirt (we make our own,… More

• Grub Worm not Earthworm, Count

  I dug the "Test and See your Soil" . Earth worm count and the general makeup of the soil to see if it needs more organic materials , the lower count of earth worms the more organic material is needed (worm up to twelve per square foot is good). My… More

• GRUB WORMS

  Raised Bed square foot test, (see Soil Fertility post). I was cleaning out my lettuce raised bed, The first shovel of soil being turned over, I was shocked, No Earth Worms but GRUBS, yes Grub Worms and about 9-10 with that one little shovel of soil, Nowhere near a square… More

• Solar Baking the Raised Bed

  Those Grub Worms (two digs, a square foot each, first dig=9 Grubs and second dig 28 grubs in a square foot of soil), Wow, Time to Attack , The 4' x 16' raised bed just got warmed up, I flooded the bed with water and placed a black tarp (double… More

• Cocoa bean hulls mulch

  What do you all this of this mulch. I'm planning to put some around my newly planted 14 square foot planting strip that i planted blue salvia red petunia and white lobelias. More

• Chicken Pooo in the Garden

  Ive read that you can use 45lbs of chicken manure per 100 square foot (a 10' x 10' area), now after weighing, my pooo weighs 16,6 lbs a five gallon bucket, so trying to reach the 45lbs per 100 was too tricky for me , and looking at two buckets… More

• Opinions about my garden design please *picture included

  Hi, Im looking for opinions for this plan that I just made for the veg. garden we're planning for the spring. The green areas are the beds, and their dimensions are labeled. The white area with the grid is the rows between the beds...each square is a square foot so… More

• Resources for helping me learn how to plan a veggie garden?

  Help! As I just posted in my intro, I'm trying to transition away from being a simple "stick it in the ground and see what happens" gardener to someone who actually has a clue as to what she's doing. But right now, the only thing I know about what to… More

• Hello from Slower Lower Delaware

  Hello! Obviously, I'm new to this forum but have already seen how much I can possibly learn from it, and hopefully one day I'll know enough to help others as well. I'm hoping to transition from a "stick it in the ground and see what it does" gardener who until… More

• my garden

  Most of this is recycled material, down to the compost that fills it. We spend our winter pulling nails and staples out of recycled wood mostly from pallets and machine crates. Some of the beds still have the square foot gardening grid on them. Im still deciding if I like… More

• Tier based gardening

  Hi everyone, I have a plot of land in my backyard that I'm considering making a raised bed, tier-based garden. I have some friends who did stacked up railroad ties on top of each other in an "L" shape, then another level on top making a square. I like the… More

• Square Foot Planting Round Container Tubs?

  OK let see if I have this right, after trial and error several times , I have come up with this , so Help ! My containers are 24" across so I figured the area at 3.14 square foot. I have come up with this planting pattern Spacing # Plants… More

• Square Foot Gardening? pro's and cons

  I picked up the "New" Square Foot Gardening Book this weekend. WoW it looks like a real good idea, but I have my doubts even after visiting the website, The soil mix and depth was really puzzling to me, I deep dig my garden mix several items and layer tiller… More

• Practical Aspects of Herb Gardening

  Herbs have been around since time immemorial and served different kinds of purposes. They have been used to treat illness and flavour cooking; they were even believed to have magical powers. Do you want to have your own herb garden? Here are a few ideas on how to establish an… More

• Anyone else here from Maryland?

  Happy Spring! Less than two weeks to go and I can plant my favorite veggies in my new "square foot" garden!! This is my first attempt at such a process. Does anyone else have any experience with this type of gardening? Thanks for any help and opinions! More

• What is your best Soil Mix

  I have mixed several types of soil mixes for my containers, raised beds and ground planting type gardening, so given the test I'm going to try one more, though my horse poo/oak leaves and chips composted for a year under those old trees ant bad. So here is my new… More

• Hi from Oregon, planting a sqare ft garden!

  Hi, I've just signed up on garden guides, and I'm looking forward to reading tips on organic square foot gardening. I've just recently dug up the sunny corner or my small front yard and started some 4x6 foot beds. Last week I planted peas and potatoes, this moring beets, garlic,… More

• Midwestern Herb and Garden Show

  Coming soon. Great show in Mt Vernon, Illinois February 9-11th. Mall is full of garden related vendors, lots of free classes. Mel Bartholomew of Square Foot Gardening Fame plus a lot more. Please visit Show website:http://www.midwesternherbandgardenshow.com/ Hope to see you in February More

• Anyone else doing square foot gardening?

  I guess I shouldn't have said "anyone else" because I'm no further than the planning stage, but I'm looking for others who are using the SFG methods to find out what's worked, what you've done differently, what resources you've found to be valuable, etc. Anyone else? More

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