I put in 3 squares into my in-laws' backyard: http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/Spring2007Garden The soaker hoses are an experiment. I think a drip system would be better, but my budget isn't very big this year. Trellises have not been installed yet. Here's the layout: Code: Tomato Onion Basil Nasturtium Tomato Carrot Parsley Basil Tomato Onion Basil Carrot Tomato MarigoldBeet Basil Bean Beet Spinach Marigold Bean Carrot Beet Spinach Bean Spinach Spinach Carrot Bean Carrot Beet Mesclun Cucumber Brussel sprout Onion Mesclun Cucumber Mesclun Carrot BeetGrn Cucumber BeetGrn Onion Mesclun Cucumber Brussel sprout Carrot Nasturtium Tomatoes: Hungarian Heart Tom Patti's Pineapple Purple Brandywine Beans are a mix of green and yellow... I could tell them apart until I applied the inoculant to them! Oops!
I think the idea of gardening in small spaces and trying to maximize yeild for those spaces is quite an interesting one. My garden is fairly large in comparison but I'd like to see more pictures of your square foot gardens once they've grown in more.
Seamus, here are some pics from last year, from our old place in Vancouver (rental, but the landlord was more than happy to have me clean out the weeds). Parsley, carrots, mustard, lettuce, spinach, onions: http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/AlexSGarden/photo#5058678642664467714 Tomatoes on the trellis: http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/AlexSGarden/photo#5058678835937996130 http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/AlexSGarden/photo#5058678913247407490 http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/AlexSGarden/photo#5058679226780020258 http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/AlexSGarden/photo#5058679265434725938 Start of the beans http://picasaweb.google.com/tlharford/AlexSGarden/photo#5058678878887669106
I notice that you have a few flowers planted in with your vegetables. I know that marigolds will attract slugs and snails and nasturtiums are a haven for aphids so I'm a bit confused as to why you include them in your vegetable garden. . . . Care to share the secret??? :o) Anne
Think of them as decoys. I'd rather have them eating the marigolds and nasturtiums than my lettuce and herbs. :D The nasturtium flowers are nice in salads, but I have no qualms about ripping them all out with the aphids attached, and putting them in the garbage.
A few crumpled newspapers left overnight under plants are good traps for insects ,and it lets you know just who the enemy is. My mother used to gather them up in the morning and burn them pests and all.I won't burn so I drown them in a bucket of water.
