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Introduction to Squarefood Gardening
- 2. Jennifer Allen Regular Person
- 4. I know what you’re thinking . . . I don’t want to spend all day pulling weeds! Gardening is too hard It takes too much work I kill everything! Equipment Soil PH? What’s that? Watering It takes too much time. FERTILIZER! PESTS!
- 5. My goal for today . . . “I can do THAT.”
- 6. Why would you want to garden? It’s empowering to create your own food. It saves money. It promotes your vitamin D! It’s something families can do together. Great learning tool for kids.
- 7. What kind of gardener do you want to be? Container gardener Seed sprouter big gardener smaller gardener squarefoot gardener fruit trees and berry bushes
- 9. Why is it better? You don’t have to worry about your existing soil. Takes only 20% of the space of traditional gardening. Less work thantraditional gardening. Keep it simple!
- 12. PBS TV Series
- 14. Schools
- 16. Pick a location Clear of trees and shrubs 6-8 hours of sun each day Doesn’t puddle after it rains Most importantly, close to the house
- 17. The 10 Basics - #1 Layout Always think in squares: 4x4
- 18. #2 - Boxes Build boxes4 feet wideand 6-8 inches deep
- 19. #3 - Aisles Leave 2-3 feet aisles
- 20. #4 - Mel’s Mix 1/3 peat moss 1/3 coarse vermiculite 1/3 compost
- 21. #5 -Grid Mark of your squares. Don’t just eyeball it!
- 22. #6 - Care Never walk on your growing soil. Work from the aisles. Pick off pests. Visit your garden once a day.
- 23. #7 - Select Pick your seeds/plants and plan your squares using 1, 4, 9 or 16 plants per square
- 24. #8 - Plant Plant only as much as you need. Thinning is all but eliminated.
- 25. #9 - Water Water often especially at firstand on hot days.
- 26. #10 - Harvest Harvest continually. Add additional compost and replant empty squares with a new crop.
- 27. #11 Cook and Preserve (according to Jen) Freeze Dehydrate Ferment Maybe some canning . . . Tomatoes Share
- 28. Be creative
- 29. Containers
- 30. Go vertical
- 31. My Garden – 1st Year One tomato plant in an old wooden ammo box One pepper plant in a 5 gallon bucket Herbs
- 32. My Garden – 2nd Year I asked for ONE 4x4 box. . .
- 33. My Garden – 2nd Year I asked for ONE 4x4 box. . .
- 34. My Garden – 2nd Year I asked for ONE 4x4 box. . .
- 38. My Garden – 2nd Year I asked for ONE 4x4 box. . .
- 41. My Garden – 2nd Year I asked for ONE 4x4 box. . .
- 42. All I asked for was one little 4x4 box . . .
- 44. Resources – Missing from the handout www.omagro.comCity of Omaha compost cckw@cox.netIf you need help with your boxes
Notes de l'éditeur
- I fell down the rabbit hole.
- About two years ago I fell down the rabbit whole . . . And the rest was history. The “rabbit” I was following was Rosie Vincent. She is a nutritionist here in Omaha and I took a series of her classes. I learned all kinds of “truth”. I was in this crazy work where nothing was what it seemed, just like Alice.
- Gardening is too hardIt takes too much workIt take too much time.I don’t want to spend all day pulling weeds.Soil PH?WateringFertilizerPestsEquipmentI kill everything. No green thumb.
- I have to tell you a little story:At the last event, the topic was Kombucha tea. If you don’t know what that is, google it. It’s awesom.I came thinking “I’m not really into it.” I came to say hi, see friends, etc.Then I listen to drlozier talk about the benefit.I watch Jackie demonstrate how she makes itTHEN I TASTED IT. WOW. I couldn’t stop thinking about the one flavored with cherry juice and raisens. WOWI went home mulling it over for a couple of weeks like I usually do with things.I got a call from my friend Donna who also attended the meeting and she offered me a mushroom. The rest is history. Now I’m practically addicted.I hope something similar happens with you today.I hope you walk away thinking “I can do that”.That’s how I felt after I was introduced to the book “Squarefoot Gardening”
- You can apply the principles of squarefoot gardening to any of these things.
- First published in the 70’s. Be sure to get the recent version. It’s simpler.