Comments on: Square Foot Garden

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:57:04 +0000

You know, I saw this idea in my Sunset magazine. I quite like it because the space would fit in my yard perfectly. Perhaps I will have one cultivated for lettuce in the fall. Thanks for mentioning a great idea!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:46:41 +0000

Ditto, but at age 27 I found out the apple don’t fall to far from the tree and I wanted my own garden. It’s as much about growing it as eating it.

By: superch665

superch665 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:33:30 +0000

Regarding the Topsy-Turvy upside-down grower, you can also make these yourself using a bucket or crafting your own out of wire and fabric/plastic. Just need something to hold the dirt with an inch or so hole in the bottom for inserting the plant in the bottom, and someway to hang it. For all those DIY’ers out there, maybe something to try.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:31:38 +0000

Yes it does. I already miss my gardens.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:40:26 +0000

Growing your own tastes so much better though!

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:30:58 +0000

I grew up on a farm, and we had monstrous gardens (8 kids = lots of people to pull weeds). The lower garden was just potatoes. We also had a small apple orchard (10-12 trees?)

I got burned out on gardening at a young age – I’ll pay for my veggies

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:42 +0000

I don’t currently have a Square Foot Garden, but I have plans to build one, once we have a fence up around our yard to keep out the neighbourhood critters. I read the book a couple years ago, and have been dying to try it ever since!

By: jgirl

jgirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:10:35 +0000

I live in the southwest where we have 4 mini growing seasons throughout the year. We were eating collards from our square foot garden in February. This will be our 4th year with it. I’m a beginner gardener, so it’s been a learning experience. Mel recommends planting flowers in there too. I didn’t and without bees my non-hybrid tomatoes didn’t get pollinated until one of my other veggies grew flowers. I just wish we had another one. I think that would pretty much feed the 2 of us all the veggies we need. I think square foot gardens are wonderful.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:44:52 +0000

This is one of the best books I have read on gardening. I bought it for my brother for Christmas (of course I skimmed through it before I bought it) and ended up buying myself a copy also. This is my first year with it and I have already harvested Peppers and Beans. The tomatoes are close and it is only June! Mel’s Mix is easy to make and really makes the plants happy! Everyone has at least one square foot somewhere. Well worth the time and effort.

By: Vicki@collegeparentcentral

Vicki@collegeparentcentral — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:34 +0000

The square foot garden is a great way to get a lot into a small space. We did something similar before we moved to our current house. Now we use more containers. Yard sales are a great source of interesting containers for practically nothing.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:28:19 +0000

True, true, a deck is better than nothing.

By: jillianlou

jillianlou — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:59:26 +0000

Agreed – I’ve got nothing – no square foot garden INSIDE an apartment!!

By: carla | green and chic

carla | green and chic — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:55 +0000

A deck would be be better than absolutely nothing.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:31:17 +0000

Ha, I wouldn’t call it “lucky!”

By: carla | green and chic

carla | green and chic — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:49:08 +0000

Pots (though expensive) are good if you’re lucky to only have a deck or small concrete patio to grow anything on. I will try a square foot garden once we move – it wouldn’t make since to start now since we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor. I will keep this post in mind!