First time doing a SFG. We’re building a 2x8 raised bed. Possibly a second one if this year goes well. We are in zone 6a. Using Planter to help me plan our garden. Trying to plant what we eat. Would love feedback back on this current plan.

My plan for the melons…and please be honest if this is crazy. I saw that you can use a trellis for watermelons and support the fruit as needed. I’d place the trellis at the end of the bed. Any experience with this?

I also plan on using planter bags for potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and a tomato plant.

Few additional questions if anyone can help:

1. can I use the raked dead leaves and sticks from my yard to fill the bottom of my raised bed?

2. I’m planning on using Kelloggs raised bed and potting mix to fill my raised bed, is this a good choice? From my reading it seems like it’s a common choice.

3. anyone have experience with blueberry bushes in pots?

I’ve skipped setting up a garden for the past few years because the setup cost just didn’t justify the output. Have things calmed down now or is a 4’x4’ need still going to cost me $100+ to set up?

My husband built me a 3x5 cedar garden bed in our backyard. It’s about 8in deep. Looking over lots of posts and trying to understand a few things:

• When there’s a number next to the veggie on people’s diagrams of their garden, is that how many seeds you plant in that square?
• What are easy veggies to grow for learning? -Any other tips or recommendations?

I’m looking to plant this weekend. Live is So Cal.

My yard is L shaped but not very big.

Right now I’m just planting along my L shaped fence. But they’re more perennials. Right now I have 3 papaya, moringa, 2 pineapples, rosemary, African blue basil, sugarcane, and bananas.

I’m thinking of just planting the smaller edibles interplanted in between the bigger ones. A sort of mini food forest.

Zone 10a Florida.

Would this be fine?

Hello would this be good as a SG? Also it would be a square garden in a "stair" format as in bottom row is at a level, middle row taller, and top row once again taller.

Also if you could point me on how to make pictures like I often see here please.

Planter is 4x8. What changes would you make?

Tomatoes start on the north side of the planter. I am in central Texas zone 8b. Obviously pretty tomato heavy. Have a few different types of peppers, basil, thyme and some other herbs planted separate.

We're doing quite a large project this year. We will do our best to guide all the Vining plants along the edge to grow out into the open space of the yard rather than towards the inside of the garden.

Hi all - would love some advice / thoughts on my plan! First time gardener here! ☺️ We have 2x 8x4 feet raised beds + a greenhouse where we’re going to grow Chilli Peppers, Tomato’s and Strawberries.

Plans for the bed are pictured. Soil is clay and prone to being a bit waterlogged, but with compost on top, garden is south west facing. Does this plan work for a U.K. climate and clay soil type?

I’m starting my first ever square foot garden and have been sketching out a million variations of my plan and googling about companion plants and i realized.. there’s got to be an easier way.. right?? Are there any good apps or websites any of you recommend for planning out your square foot garden?

Complete beginner here… excited to learn more… thank you in advance

I need 36 cu ft of Mel's Mix. I already got 12 cu ft of peat moss and 12 cu ft of coarse vermiculite. However, I'm having a hard time sourcing various types of compost. The only bulk compost I can source is mushroom compost. The community compost pile said their compost is not safe for vegetable gardens.

Since I don't want to use only one type of compost, will I be able to mix more composts using bagged products like the following:

• cow manure
• chicken manure
• worm castings
• crushed shellfish
• blood meal
• bone meal
• alfalfa meal
• cottonseed meal

What ratios should I try to follow? Am I better off going 100% mushroom compost with maybe just the bagged manures?

I am trying to plan my garden for this year. This is my rough idea of what I want to do. I enjoy growing a variety of plants. Does this seem like it would work? Is there anything I could improve? I'm not sure about growing watermelon, cantaloupe and pumpkins on the right side. I may narrow it down to one or two of them. The bottom of the image is south. I am in zone 5.

Starting a 4x4x1 ft bed and wondering if anybody has experience putting pine needles on the bottom as filler.

How much of each ingredient would I need to fill up my beds? I’ll have 8ft L x 2.5ft W x 12 in D plus some extra pots that up need to fill up Sorry, not sure how much cubic ft

Hello! I’m trying to actually plan this year, and am wondering what you think of this layout for a 3’x6’ raised bed in full sun. I’m planning to string trellis the tomatoes and cukes (and peas), which is also new to me. The tomatoes will all be cherry and indeterminate.

We loved our garden so much last year that we decided to go all in this year. -Peas and cakes on a tunnel -Squash on a trellis -Bare root blueberries and raspberries from soil and water conservation district -Asparagus planted among strawberries -Spouse loves peppers -Last bed on right is for random experiments and if we have lot of extra seed starts that I am too soft to thin.

Anything I am missing? We are zone 6 with super sandy soil, so everything is in 12" raised beds.

Hi everyone! I'm new to square-foot gardening. This will be my first year and can use your advice. We have a special dish that uses a lot of peppers and tomatoes so I want to maximize the number of plants I can grow. However, I do want to be mindful of soil quality for such large plants. Here's my plan below. Each square is 1 foot and the number in parentheses is the number of plants per sqft. I will plant herbs and strawberries in a vertical planter.

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Free is always better.

I’m new to gardening, how does this look? The strawberries are here from last year.

This is my second season as an amateur urban gardener. First time with the sqft technique and the pole and weave too. Now I just have to plan out my planting… any suggestions? (Camera is facing south)

Is something like this too crowded? I will use tomato cages and have beneficial flowers and herbs in containers around the bed. I did have success growing tomatoes in about 4 sq ft with cages last year but am trying to make the most of my space this year. Are there other plants that are better to plant around tomatoes?

Hey everybody, I learned about square foot gardening just last year (and it was already too late to plant stuff), so this year I decided to try it out in practice.

The issue is, I don't live in the US, or the EU for that matter, and I can't find coarse vermiculite anywhere in my country. On top of that, due to living space limitations, I can't really create my own compost either. I found some store bought compost which contains 30% peat moss allegedly, normally I'd try to find one with a smaller percentage, but there aren't many options when it comes to buying compost either.

So I guess my questions would be:

1. Should I use medium grade vermiculite or no vermiculite at all? - squarefootgardening.org explicitly says not to use medium grade vermiculite, and that it's better to use 2/3 compost instead if you can't get your hands on coarse, while I've read some comments online that even coarse vermiculite deteriorates over time and becomes more similar, and that while coarse is preferred, it's not necessary
2. Should I consider the 30% peat moss in the compost as part of the final equation? Cause 30% is quite a lot, and it can throw the percentages off
3. Is it even worth trying with these conditions? I definitely want to, but store bought compost and inadequate vermiculite seem like a bit of an issue, especially if I omit vermiculite entirely, I'd basically just be pouring that store bought compost into the frames (since it's already 2/3 compost and 1/3 peat moss), which doesn't feel like making Mel's mix at all