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| - | ===== Mandala Garden | + | ===== Square foot garden |
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| - | The area is about 600m² | + | |
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| - | ^ Bed no. ^ Contains: | + | |
| - | | 1 | Green Manure | + | |
| - | | 2 | Mangold | + | |
| - | | 3 | Marigold, snapdragon, | + | |
| - | | 4 | Mangold | + | |
| - | | 5 | Green Manure, Onions | + | |
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| - | | 7 | Mangold | + | |
| - | | 8 | Strawberries, | + | |
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| - | | 10 | Carrots, Peas | 2018, Apr' | + | |
| - | | 11 | Strawberries, | + | |
| - | | 12 | Strawberries, | + | |
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| - | | 14 | Strawberries, | + | |
| - | | 15 | Spinach, Brussel sprouts, chard | Apr' | + | |
| - | | 16 | Mangold, Cauliflower | + | |
| - | | 17 | Garlic (SS), Carrots, Mangold, Peas, Radish | + | |
| - | | 18 | Garlic (SS), Brussel sprouts, Mangold | + | |
| - | | 19 | [[https:// | + | |
| - | | 20 | Brussel sprouts, radish, celery | + | |
| - | | 21 | Radish, Lettuce, Wild rucola, Thyme, Bushbeans, Purple beans, Blackroot, brussel sprouts, corn | Apr' | + | |
| - | | 22 | Brussel sprouts, French beans, peas | Apr' | + | |
| - | | 23 | Cucumber, Zukkini, Radish, Mangold, Edible weed | Feb' | + | |
| - | | 24 | French beans | Apr' | + | |
| - | | 25 | Brussel sprouts, chard | Apr' | + | |
| - | | 26 | Kale, Kohlrabi, radish, winterkresse, | + | |
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| - | | 29 | Kale, Kohlrabi, peas | 2018, May' | + | |
| - | | 30 | Flowers, Melissa, Borage | + | |
| - | | 31 | Rhubarb | + | |
| - | | 32 | Wild mushrooms & flowers | + | |
| - | | 33 | Square Foot Gardening experiment | + | |
| - | | 34 | Sunflower, Strawberry, Mangold, Non edible flower | + | |
| - | | 35 | Celery | + | |
| - | | 36 | Carrots, garlic, mangold, Peas | 2018, May ' | + | |
| - | | 37 | Broad beans, Runner beans, Peas, Purple beans | April 2019 | Ready for planting | + | |
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| - | | 39 | Cucumber | + | |
| - | | 41 | Beans, cucumber, flowers | + | |
| - | | 42 | Potatoes, corn | 2018, May' | + | |
| - | | 43 | Jerusalem artichokes, Potatoes | + | |
| - | | 44 | Zukkini (3 kinds), Green Manure | + | |
| - | | 45 | [[https:// | + | |
| - | | 46 | Cucumber | + | |
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| ==== Square Foot Gardening - Bed 33 ==== | ==== Square Foot Gardening - Bed 33 ==== | ||
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| - | After being inspired by Mel Bartholomew’s ‘Square foot Garden’s’, | + | After being inspired by Mel Bartholomew’s ‘Square foot Garden’s’, |
| - | We will be sharing our process, progress, findings and sources here as we go so can have a go too. | + | We will be sharing our process, progress, findings and sources |
| - | Why use a square foot garden? In the time where space is becoming limited, and our human footprint is becoming ever larger, the importance of conserving both space and material is vital. We wanted to use a method that: | + | Why use a square foot garden? In the time where space is becoming limited, and our human footprint is becoming ever larger, the importance of conserving both space and material, but still producing high quality food in an environmentally stable way, is vital. We wanted to use a method that: |
| - | 1) required only a small space | + | 1) required only a small space. |
| - | 2) would have a good yield | + | 2) would have a good, reliable |
| 3) be low cost/low maintenance/ | 3) be low cost/low maintenance/ | ||
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| === Survey === | === Survey === | ||
| - | Deciding where to put our Square foot garden was a matter of finding a flat patch of earth with good sun and where the wind wouldn' | + | Deciding where to put our Square foot garden was a matter of finding a flat patch of earth with good sun and where the wind wouldn' |
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| + | We chose a rectangular patch of free ground for the 3x10 garden but whilst measuring we noticed that the ground is on a slight incline. This will mean that, when it comes to building the frame, we will have to take this into account so we can avoid an uneven spread of nutrients, water and drainage | ||
| - | This unfortunately means that the early morning sun rises behind the tree line, throwing partial shade until mid morning. To optimize the sunlight, and to make sure all the plants are getting their fair share, we planned to put the taller plants such as Turkish rocket, campions, onions and orpine on the North/ | + | i.e - building one side of our garden slightly higher than the other |
| + | - Raising the base of the frame on the south side. | ||
| - | Square Foot Gardens can real be any dimension you want so find a space and design one that fits in with the garden. We chose a 3x10 Design, long and thin, with room for a trellis system on the North end for climbers. These can be grown outside the box, to make more room for other veg, or inside the box if your space is very tight. | + | The easiest alternative would be to create |
| == Client interview == | == Client interview == | ||
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| === Design === | === Design === | ||
| - | After several sketches | + | Square Foot Gardens can be any dimension you want so find a space and design one that fits in with the garden. We chose a 3x10 Design, long and thin, with room for a trellis system |
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| + | Now you can consider what vegetables will be going into your garden. There a few things to factor in before hand however, including: | ||
| + | - Hardiness Zone | ||
| + | All plants and fungi have a HZ Rating which must be taken into account when choosing what you will be growing. First you will need to find out where you are (where your garden is) on the HZ map and from there you can match plants with the same HZ rating. You can find your HZ here ----> [[https:// | ||
| + | - Soil Quality | ||
| + | Different plants will require different quality soils. Some are more tolerant of varying soil types while others may have very specific needs. Do some research before hand | ||
| + | - Light Quality | ||
| + | Again, some plants may be very tolerant when it comes to a lack of sunlight and others may not. This might not determine //what// you plant plant but it may determine //where// certain plants end up living in your final plans. | ||
| + | - Planting in family orientated groups | ||
| One of the first things we considered was the idea and risk of planting in groups. The plan below is of a garden containing vegetables exclusively from the nightshade family. The problem with planting vegetables from the same family in such close proximity is that those families will be more likely to catch and spread the same diseases and parasites. Because they’re so close together, these diseases or parasites can easily damage the entire harvest. | One of the first things we considered was the idea and risk of planting in groups. The plan below is of a garden containing vegetables exclusively from the nightshade family. The problem with planting vegetables from the same family in such close proximity is that those families will be more likely to catch and spread the same diseases and parasites. Because they’re so close together, these diseases or parasites can easily damage the entire harvest. | ||
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| - | Wanting to avoid this, we have chosen to distance vegetables from the same family from one another. | + | Wanting to avoid this, we have chosen to distance vegetables from the same family from one another |
| + | (Example below) | ||
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| * Peat moss | * Peat moss | ||
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