Adventures in Square Foot Gardening
Week 2 begins with a bit more growing medium added to each bed. We didn’t feel that the beds were full enough after last week, so we added two bags of compost and one of vermiculite to each bed. (The organic compost came from Country Boys Nursery – $8.99/bag and the vermiculite from Lowes – $4.28/bag). I’d overestimated on the peat moss last week, so felt that the mix would be good with these additions.
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Sunday morning, ready to get it together! What is all of that?
OK – first decision made – I’m going to follow the Square Foot Gardening method as closely as possible.
This means that raised bed gardens will be the way to go. This eliminates having to till our clay soil, and ensures that the growing material will be ideal for vegetables. I’ll try to match the recommended mix for the growing material, which is 1/3 compost, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 coarse vermiculite. The compost should be from 5 different sources….
Square Foot Gardener in Taylors, SC