Hi all, I'm new here. I am in the inital planning stages for my garden for next year. I plan to have two 4x4 plots. One with veggies, but the other I would like to plant some plants that would attract pollinators. Has anyone done this with a square foot garden? I understand some of the pollinator plants can get quite large and overtake other plants.

How do I know if I’m getting a good enough deep watering? We’ve had a stretch of 90’s temps where I live and I watered every day. Everything came through great, but I want to make sure I’m deep watering and helping the plant grow deep roots. Also would love to skip some watering days!

Can you help me learn how much to water with Mel’s Mix so I know I’m going deeply? Like - with a shower wand on, how many seconds would you hold it in one square to know it was enough? Any other ways you know?

I’m in zone 7a/NYC area and just pulled my squares of (not very impressive) carrots. Any ideas what to plant in those squares now? It’s currently HOT - a few weeks of 90. Will anything be happy starting in that heat? Thanks!!

I had an exceptionally long season with my sugar snap peas and lettuce, I think mostly because temperatures in my area have been so all over the place this year. Also, the sunflowers are already there so I don’t want to remove them because I want to harvest their heads soon. And no they didn’t interfere with the growth of anything I had in the planter! I know peas + sunflowers are supposed to be a bad combo, but mine seemed okay 🤷🏻‍♀️

While not grown in traditional square foot bed as I did these in 12 x 20 gallon nursery pots… Planted 8 lbs harvested 54 lbs of potatoes…

I am getting ready to transplant my seedlings into my garden bed - Zone 5b. I have always wondered when using square foot gardening whether you have to stick to only 1 type of plant per square or if you companion plant - example: 1 tomato in the middle of the square with basil or carrots also in the same square. I am going to try it this year and see how it turns out. Just wondering if anyone has had any success with multiple varieties per square?

Next year I won’t plant as many cherry tomatoes as them things make a ton per a plant!!! Have harvested about 80cups worth of cherry tomatoes so far this season…

My second harvest of roma tomatoes about this size…

First real harvest of slicer tomatoes…

The Roma will ripen on the counter and then be frozen until I feel like making sauce for canning…

BLTs are on the menu tonight!!!

Just pulled this little berry off this morning, fully ripe, variety is sweet Charlie. Beyond excited because I love strawberries and have never had anything fresh only grocery bought strawberries.

What is the cheapest way to build and fill beds?

Hello all, I have 6 raised beds that have been producing well and just finished the SFG book. I'm interested in making a batch of Mel's mix to top off my beds (they are 2 feet tall to make access easier and keep out the rabbits). We have over 20 chickens and have more than enough manure to match the ratios of peat and vermiculite. Is the manure enough on its own or should I supplement it with other compost as recommended in the book? We have a compost turner but it doesn't produce much since the chickens get most of the scraps. If so, what other compost should I mix in? TIA

Got a lot of SuperSweet Cherry and SunGold Tomatoes coming in…

Go 2 days without harvesting and zucchini get HUGE… Basically only good for Zucchini Bread at that size…

Bunch on cucumbers and then bowl of jalapeños…

Let’s inspire others and share our trellising systems!

Personally I don’t like mine but I was in a money pinch so I used what I had. I have some snap peas growing. But I’d like to see how others have their set up. I’ll post a proper picture when I’m home.

Can you show a picture of your system and what crop is using it?

Has anyone used these? I just picked one up today as they had a coupon with % off any item depending on how much it was. How long would you recommend letting it go per day? our bed is 6X4 feet and I looped it back and forth several times around the bed and near all our plants (peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, romaine, strawberries, and eggplant.