What is the size of your annual vegetable garden in square feet?

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  1. Durgan

    Durgan Contributor 10 Years

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    What is the size of your annual vegetable garden in square feet?

    Mine is 1300 square feet. This is for annual vegetables.
     
  2. silver_creek

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    Currently 520 square feet, expanding next year by another 400 square feet. Managed quite intensively now, I am looking forward to the additional space so I can increase the length of my rotations.
     
  3. Dunc

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    It would be nice to have more room but, I make do with a smaller lot. I have a 20 ft by 8 veggie patch. Its bordered with Asparagus on one side, Pacific Phillies on another, 3 Rhubarb at the end and onions around the whole messw. That enough to put in 10 plum tomatos, 2 table tomatos 12 garlic, green onions,golden beets and lettuce. There is also a 32 by 4 good neighbour Rapberry/Logan berry area.
    Mostly its in 200 sq ft of flowers in front, 80 sq flowers by the back patio, a 50 sq to hold in the gunnera in the front yard as well as 1 peach and 1 plum to secure the hamock.
    It will provide about 200 cups of frozen tomatos, garlic for a year and the fresh stuff as it comes. The veggy patch and gunnera are also seeded a couple times a season with nasturtiums to attract all of those nice bees and flower boque of Zinnia and lilys all summer. For those that don't know about them Golden Beets are a real treat, they taste the same and don't bleed or stain.
     
  4. JanR

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    I would guess about 1500 sq.ft. Plus I have two 4 x 4 raised beds. My regular vegetable garden is becoming two shady and I am going to gradually phase it out. With all the rain we had this year, it is just not doing well, so I am starting to add raised beds on the other side of the house. I plan to add more raised beds next year.
     
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    Currently mine is a combined 360, with 240 future areas planned in phases.

    Jan, I need to see photos of your vast garden. We have seen much of Durgan's, but you have been too quiet.
     
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    My garden is a rather sad mess at the moment and really not worthy of taking pictures. Hopefully next year. I am in the process of transferring my garden into raised beds, which are on the opposite side of the house to the existing garden. I made two 4 x 4 foot gardens this year and I am planning to add three 4 x 12 foot gardens this fall. Hopefully I will get them all ready to plant for next year.
     
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    I have about 1600 square feet for my veggies. It feeds a family of six, with some to spare for neighbors.
     

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