Urban Homestead Garden (squarefoot gardening abridged)

Step 9: Planting and maintaining

Now that you have 1' sections, you can get to planting.

Plant according to your plant's directions, for example if you are suppose to plant every 12" apart, place1 plant in each area, 6" apart = 4 plants/area, etc.

Comparing 4 plants in a 1' square area compared to 36" needed for row gardens plus the space for walking between the rows...this method seems to be a great idea for gardening, plus if you ad a plywood bottom and legs, you can bring the planters up to wheelchair height.

Comments

[Eleniel]

Will bring this idea to my home in the Bahamas! I think this would be a lovely idea to have on a deck and to grow our own vegetables

Thanks for the Instructable! I thought it was great and had simple steps and pictures to help fallow along :D

[kitsuken]

Was just wondering, would it be possible to add some plexiglass (the kind used for shed windows) to the top of this to make it into a temporary greenhouse? Maybe some blocks with notches to hold it in place/slide it out from?

[hoihoi151]

 I agree with shellberry it would be a great idea. just watch that you dont steam them. i have that problem here in Australia. my basil sprouted in green house conditions. i check my plants every 2 days and it sprouted on the off day and was dead by the on day. steamed from the heat.
dont worry. batch 2 came along just fine. just need the storms to pass now.
but yeh would be a great idea for winter :D
good thinking

[shellberry]

That's an awesome idea! It would probably make a really good winter house for up north too for growing like this: http://www.humeseeds.com/falwint.htm

[frostad]

Awesome, I was planning on starting a SF garden this summer. It's nice to have the steps and pictures of one started successfully. Thanks!

[strouslot]

This is the coolest. Thanks so much.

[kckthx]

Thanks for the wheelchair accessible tip!