My Square Foot Garden
Here are a list of posts if you want to follow my progress in the garden!
2011
- The Last of the Onions
- Merry Christmas to Me!
- Summer Veggie Harvest 2011
- Fall 2011 Gardening Plan
- Spring Success, Summer Failure
- It’s finally summer!
- First Harvest of 2011
- It’s still winter. . .
- The Longest Winter Ever–Delayed Planting
- All In A Week’s Work. . .
- Spring has sprung
- My 2011 Square Foot Gardening Plan
2010
- Harvest Time! (and August update)
- Gardening Problems, Solutions, and Update
- The weather is holding. . .
- Back in the Garden, again. . .
- The strike is over. . .
- Square Foot Gardening Plans–My 2010 Gardening Plan
- What the . . . hail?
- It’s Not Too Late!
2009
- Harvest Update
- My (Square Foot) Gardening Therapy
- Summer Fun
- Fun With Food Storage features. . . Me!
- How does your (square foot) garden grow?
- Not kidding. . .
- I’m not lazy. . . I’m just a wimp!
- Adventures in Broccoli
- Sometimes, Gardening is Ugly
- Square Foot Gardening Plans–My 2009 Garden Plan
- Little Packets of Joy!
2008
- 2008 Garden in Review–Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Broccoli
- 2008 Garden in Review–Onions, Potatoes, Cucumbers
- 2008 Garden in Review–Squash, Peppers
- 2008 Garden in Review–Tomatoes
- End of August
- Harvest Rainbow
- Potato Harvest!
- Fourth Week of July
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of July
- 2008 Garden, Second Week of July
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of June
- 2008 Garden, Second Week of June
- 2008 Garden, First Week of June
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of May
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of May
- 2008 Garden, Second Week of May
- 2008 Garden, First Week of May
- 2008 Garden, Fourth Week of April
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of April
- 2008 Garden, Second Week of April
- 2008 Garden, First Week of April
- 2008 Garden, Fourth Week of March
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of March
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of March
- 2008 Garden, First Week of March
- 2008 Garden, Fourth Week of February
- 2008 Garden, Third Week of February
- 2008 Garden, Second Week of February
- 2008 Garden, First Week of February
I was reading a post where you talked about 14″ high garden beds. When I read Mel’s book he said to stay at 6″ high. What is the best way to go?
I grew in 6″ the first year, but I did not feel like I could grow good root vegetables like carrots and potatoes. Also, my garden beds are surrounded by gravel and they got too hot. I doubled them the next year, and saw a significant improvement. The final reason I did that was because the soil settles, and you end up growing in more like 4-5″ of soil, which is not enough. So I’m a big proponent of taller beds. It is more expensive to fill with soil, but I feel my improved results were worth it.