Comments on: Square Foot Gardening Templates

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:55:05 +0000

That’s a neat idea. I use a combo of SFG and biointensive and generally just use a yardstick to eyeball plant spacing. My home garden is more SFG, and I also do an urban micro-farm & CSA where I use biointensive/French intensive spacing and techniques. I use the Fantastic Farm & Garden Calculator http://www.landshareco.org/ to help plan both. It makes succession planting and intercropping a lot easier to plan. Plus it allows me to easily figure out how many people I can feed, and how much produce I can provide each week.
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By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:37:16 +0000

Mike,
Did you get the templates you ordered? I saw your blog and tryed to go to the site you provided but the site is down. Is there a new site for this company? I would like to look at their product.
Thanks,
Laura

By: John Myrick

John Myrick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:28:46 +0000

That is really cool! I use the SFG method as well and it is always nice to pick up something new.
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By: a noni

a noni — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:05:42 +0000

just plain silly. just plant the seeds. forget the silly superfluos templates.

By: engineeredgarden

engineeredgarden — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:32:33 +0000

Very nice! I really like the dowel idea…

By: hydroponics

hydroponics — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:50:10 +0000

great tips. I enjoyed reading this

By: Landscape Designer Sydney

Landscape Designer Sydney — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:52:08 +0000

Thats a great idea. Thanks

By: Susy

Susy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:14:48 +0000

That’s true. I do fertilize often (with organic fertilizers and a mix of rock & mineral dust). I also make sure I add plenty of compost between each planting.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:43:54 +0000

Don’t forget to fertilize heavily with a sq. ft. garden. Also, consider planting a few marigolds around and in your garden as a natural way to keep the pests away.
I started with a sq. ft. garden years ago (TBS had a special and I got hooked into watching it) and it’s grown into a rather large garden. Oh well…It’s only the two of us now so we share our bounty. The hubby takes a large basket to work on Friday and sets it in the break room with a sign that invites everyone to take something home. It’s become a HUGE hit!
I’ve got the grand-girls doing a little gardenting themselves. They are planting ‘pillow gardens’ this year because of their limited yard space. Simply buy a bag of potting soil and decide where you want your little garden. Now, lay it on its side and punch some holes in it for drainage. Flip it over and cut a few ‘X’s’ down the middle. Plant your plants in the ‘X’s’ and water as needed. In no time you’ll have a cute little garden.
My friend lives in an apartment and grows an herb garden every year this way. She then harvests, dries and/or freezes things and has them to enjoy and cook with all year.

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By: soferoo

soferoo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:21:33 +0000

I built my first square-foot garden last year (only a 4′ x 4′) and it was somewhat successful except that some critters in my garden enjoyed it a little too much. This year I’m going to build something to keep the squirrels and raccoons away from it. I love your template for evenly spacing the seeds/seedlings. I just got a router so i will be using it soon to make a couple of templates myself. Thanks a lot for the tip!