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"Jayne" wrote:

I was wondering if anyone had tried this? I read an article about it in a
gardening magazine & it seems like a good idea.


I was an avid square foot gardener when I was a renter and was lucky to
be allowed a little bit of dirt for a garden. It's a lot of fun. I
didn't always follow all the rules, but I sure followed the principles
(and still do). I think it changed my thoughts about planting in
general, and planting flowers and veggies in square foot "plots"
increased my yield. It works well when thinking about container
gardening as well. I didn't rigidly follow the whole rectangular grid
concept because I don't like that look, but I don't think that's
particularly important in the greater scheme of things.

There's a lot of information available for square foot and vertical
gardening (which is discussed in The Square Foot Gardener) out there and
people with small plots of land have been doing this for a very long
time. It just isn't always popular or necessary in the US, so I think
the concepts get overlooked, but planting in this manner can offer you a
really spectacular looking garden *filled* with interesting stuff.