My SFG garden (2012 edition) | Food Production and Preservation | Forums

After talking with KVR tonight on chat, I decided to put my tentative plan for my square foot garden up for critique. My plan is one 4’x8’ raised bed for corn, and at least 2 4’x4’ raised beds, possibly 3, for most veggies. I also plan to run one 3’x3’ bed for my daughter to tend, I’m thinking of putting the fruit in her bed. I plan on buying my seed from mypatriotsupply, and I plan on buying a seed vault and a salsa starter with my order, so some of these seeds will come from those two. Here is a list of what the plan is now, with some explanation below each section. Granted, this won’t be planted all at once, and it’s not laid out in the amounts of each plant that will be planted, but more of a total plan or goal for the season or even seed to store for next years growing season. Let me know what you guys think

Beans and Peas, pole/bush

Blue Lake Bush Green Beans

Romano Pole Green Beans

Black Eyed Peas

We eat a fair amount of beans at my house, and I’m hoping to have a high enough yield from the bush beans to can some after harvest. I plan on freezing any excess beans and black eyed peas as well.

Peppers

California Wonder Bell Pepper

Anaheim Chile Pepper

Jalapeno Pepper

Sweet Banana Pepper

I like peppers, the more the merrier. I have some experience with peppers, as I’ve grown several varieties in pots for the past few years.

Root Crops, Carrots/Radishes/Onions

Scarlet Nantes Carrot

Champion Radish

Yellow Sweet Spanish onion

White Spanish onion

Not sure on the carrots yet, but we eat radishes on our salads a lot, and the onions are from the salsa kit.

Cucumbers

Marketmore Cucumber

Cukes on salads. And I plan on turning some into pickles.

Leafy Greens, Lettuce/Cabbage/Broccoli

Romaine Lettuce

Buttercrunch Head Lettuce

Golden Acre Cabbage

Green Sprouting Broccoli

Salad, again, plus boiled cabbage, and I want to turn some cabbage into sauerkraut.

Tomatoes

Beefsteak Tomato

Roma Tomato

Rutgers Tomato

Cherokee Purple Tomatoes

Verde Tomatillo

Mmmmmmm, tomatos…. The Rutgers comes in the salsa kit, as do the Tomatillos. I may drop the Cherokee purples, they are more of a want than a need.

Squash, summer/winter

Butternut winter squash

Early Summer Crookneck Squash

Prolific Straightneck Squash

Black Beauty Zucchini

I’m up in the air between the crookneck or straightneck squash, and I may drop the zucchini too.

Corn

Country Gentleman Shoepeg White Sweet Corn

One bed, solely dedicated to corn or a three sisters planting

Okra

Clemson Spineless Okra

An old country staple, fried, boiled, or pickled.

Fruits

Crimson Sweet Watermelon

Sugar Baby Watermelon

Hales Best Cantaloupe

These will probably go in the 3’x3’ bed on trellises.

Most of the vining plants will be trellised as well, as per the square foot gardening method. I may try the three sisters method with the corn, planting beans and squash in the corn bed.