Vegetable box garden planner1/31/2024 ![]() ![]() I don’t want to end up with loads of vegetables to eat all at once! The majority of the other stuff has been started indoors, along with some tomatoes and courgettes (zucchini) and some strawberry plants from last year which will be in containers in the sunnier side of the garden. I’ve only planted about a 1/4 of the total amount of each vegetable so that I can stagger the harvests. So far, I’ve planted out a few of each of the root veg and lettuce, spinach and rocket, and also the onions, leeks and peas. We’ll see how it goes! And just incase you’re wondering, you can find the post about how we built the raised garden bed here. We’re growing beetroot this year, but for 2 people we don’t really need to grow 9-16 beetroot plants (which is the recommended number per square), so we’re mixing it up a little and adding more or less of what we need, but still making sure that each plant has enough room to grow.ĭon’t you just love my amazing drawing skills haha?! This is just a basic overview of what plants and how many of them I’ll be putting into each square. Depending on the size of each vegetable you can have between 1-16 plants in each square – it all depends on how much space each plant needs. With square foot gardening, you divide your gardening area into square foot blocks and grow a different crop in each square. Getting Started Planning a new vegetable garden is exciting stuff, but first, we need to lay the groundwork for the space we have to work with. I was originally going to sow everything in rows, but then I read about the square foot gardening method and decided to try that out instead. The really cool thing about this design is that you can plant on both levels. It makes planting a small garden very simple. It is easy to follow and see what is going on. By everything, I kinda do mean everything haha! I think it would be easier to list the vegetables that we aren’t attempting to grow than what we are. This raised garden bed has a very unique style. Square foot gardening is a great way to be able to fit a variety of vegetables into one vegetable garden space. Companion Gardening (Community Garden)Since we have more space this year than with our container garden last year, we decided to just dive in at the deep end and try to grow everything. Southwestern cuisine themed garden inspired by the three sisters companion planting method.Įxpand below garden plan and see plant list.ģ. (Note we’ve excluded fruit trees below which were added later to the plan that you’ll see.)Ģ. ![]() Garden Type: Vegetables and Edible FlowersĮxpand below garden plan and see plant list. If you open the plans below, you can see it in much more detail. ![]() See our complete Companion Planting Chart for vegetables and flowers.īelow are real garden plans which employ the technique of companion planting. For example, nasturtiums can be used as a trap plant to entice aphids away from beans.For example, sunflowers can be used to create shade for sun-stressed crops.Plant “simple” flowers such as calendula, marigold and poached egg plant ( Limnanthes douglasii) to attract beneficial insects to your garden and control pests such as aphids. Pole beans provide structural support.Īlso, many flowers make ideal companions for edible crops. For example, corn will benefit from the beans’ nitrogen-fixing capabilities. ![]()
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