Tennessee Square Foot Garden Plan
- Location: Henderson TN
- Gardening year: 2013
- Planting By Color: Orange
Thank you for your site, your emails and encouragement to garden. This will be my third year to plant a square foot garden. We have plenty of space and great light but we have lots of deer, rabbits and squirrels so I have to fence my area which made it really small.
Here are some pictures from last year:
Last year’s plan:
I am in the orange group and ready to start making plans for this years garden. I have made many mistakes but I am learning as I go. I know that need to move things around but I am not sure how the soil from the year before affects the next year.
Where should I move the tomatoes for the best impact? Where the squash was? Where the broccoli and potatoes were?
I am learning about companion planting as well. Some things are great beside tomatoes and some are not. Some things I will not grow again this year. There will be no broccoli or cabbage. But I do hope to plant some peppers and onions. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Here is this year’s plan:
Good work on that garden! I see that you have deer. I do too. It looks like you have a four foot fence. Does that keep the deer out? I read somewhere that they don’t like to jump into small enclosures. My garden will be 16′ x 16′ with one side against the house. I’m wondering if a 4′ or 5′ fence will keep them out. Anybody out there feel free to jump in!
Happy gardening,
Steve
You should not plant tomatoes after potatoes or squash. Try peas and lettuce or a cover crop for the winter to improve the soil. See rotation in Bartholemews book. Though I have just turned and replenish the soil with compost so I can keep tomatoes on the north end where the trellise is. You have a nice plan. I tried planting broccoli and brussel sprouts in the fall but it turned cold to soon!
Such a nice garden. I used to live in McMinnville, TN back in 2006 🙂 I look forward to seeing more pictures
I really like your diagrams, and I hope to have my square foot garden as large as yours as soon as I can. Right now I have two 4×4 gardens, and one 4×2 garden. Keep up the good work!