Square Foot Gardening

I have decided to use the Square Foot Gardening techinque for my veggies. I will update the progress.

This weekend we built most of the boxes and got them filled and planted.

As you can see, Saturday morning my garage looked like a garden center storage unit.

The overall plan. The bottom is oriented north.

One box in place.

Two boxes.



My assistant figuring out a compression clamp.



Day 2: Boxes in place and the new assistant is smoothing the soilless mixture in the first (largest) box. This one held about 10 cu. Ft. of soil with about 2 cu. Ft. of sand as a base.

He's a natural!

Alex wanted to use the water hose. Andy is a great supervisor.

The boys did a great job. There's absolutely no way I could have got so much done without their help!

 Now for the finished product pictures...

Block By Block
Top row: Golden Bantam corn (4), Big Rainbow tomato seedling, head lettuce x2, cherry tomatoes x2
Bottom row: Black Aztec corn (4), head lettuce x3, carrots (16) x2
Corner box: Varied colors banana peppers x4

Panorama View

Front corner
Corner box: San Marzano tomato seedlings x2, yellow flower, bell Pepper
Long box: Beefsteak tomato, Watermelon radish(4), Basil(2) Chinese Red Meat radish(3), Chives(2) Basil(4), purple flower

Aerial view of back corner box.

Left to right: White onions(16), head lettuce, Red onions(16), head lettuce, Vidalia onions(5) white sweet onions(7) yellow sweet onions(4)

Left to right: Beefsteak tomato, Watermelon radish(4), Basil(2) Chinese Red Meat radish(3), Chives(2) Basil(4), purple flower