Update with Pictures - Square Foot Gardening

Looking back at my first experiences with gardening, I never thought so much could be grown in such a small place. Thanks to all the people who are sharing their experiences and tips, otherwise it would take sometime atleast 7-8 years for a newbie with no prior gardening knowledge to achieve what you see in the pictures. All the knowledge about preparing the soil, spacing the plants, when to grow what, how much to grow, deciding which plants to grow together, how to enhance soil microbiology, compost tea is available at the fingertips.

This is how I started in mid May



This is where we are today for the second harvest. (First harvest for Broccoli, Spinach, Radishes, Coriander, Carrots, Basil was back in June)
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Side view on the slope where you can see cherry tomato, okra, bush beans, carrots, onions.



Some more pictures

Garden Log - Seed to Maturity

As I started to grow more vegetables in the 30x30 cm squares, it became a little difficult to remember what I was putting where and when it would be time to harvest. So I created a little spreadsheet to manage this.

It is a simple tool to keep track of what is growing where and when will it be ready. I also kept additional information regarding where I bought the seeds or transplants and what was mentioned on the seed packet so as to know which seeds are growing best.
When you open the file, it calculates based on today´s date how much time is remaining for harvesting.

You can use this spreadsheet here.

Here is the picture showing these sqaures and the plants. Square 1 starting from top left.

Building Sqare Foot Garden in Switzerland

Here I would like to share some tips on finding material to build the Square Foot Garden in Switzerland with locally available material from different shops (Migros Do it, Coop Bau Hobby, Jumbo, Landi etc)




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