Garden Plans > 2012: Square Foot Garden

About this Garden Plan
Square foot garden to supplement the food available from the Aiken County Farmers Market and for experimenting with different varities for barter.
Plan Type, Soil and Location
Garden Location:	Home
Garden Size:	39' 11" x 19' 11"
Garden Type:	Backyard / back garden
Garden Layout:	Square Foot Garden
Sun or Shade:	Partial Shade
Garden Soil Type:	Good soil
Plan Notes
4 × 4 boxes, a volume of 8 cubic feet, six boxes to fill, we would need 6 × 8 = 48 cubic feet of mix. (Six boxes times 8 cubic feet for each box equals 48 cubic feet of mix.) One-third of the total for each ingredient = 48/3 = 16 cubic feet of each. (A total of 48 cubic feet divided by three different ingredients equals 16 cubic feet of each ingredient.) Peat Moss: 16/8 = two full bales 16/4 = four big bags Vermiculite 16/4 = four big bags Compost: Whatever it takes to get 16 cubic feet of five different kinds. Forget weight, measure by volume. Lay Tomatoes Down To do this, you first locate the square foot its going to be in, take your hand or a trowel, and dig out a long shallow trench, perhaps 3 or 4 inches deep in the middle of the square and as long as your tomato plant is. Make the trench long enough so you can lay down the plant with the root ball at one end. Dig a little deeper for the root ball and then lay the stem on the bottom of the trench. At the other end where the top is (remember you cut off most of the lower leaves), very, very carefully bend the top so it starts pointing up. You can take the Mels Mix, and push it underneath that bent top to act as a pillow (see, this is really a bed), and if youre very gentle, youll end up with the top sticking out of the soil at a slight angle. It does not have to point straight up; it just has to be aboveground. Fill in the rest of the trench and water well. Bartholomew, Mel (2006-02-14). All New Square Foot Gardening (Kindle Locations 2392-2398). Motorbooks International. Kindle Edition.

Garden Plan

View Plan Full Size
(opens in a new browser window)

Plant List

Planting Times

4
116256