A square foot garden is a method for growing vegetables in a small space of 120cm x 120cm (4ft x 4ft). Each square is divided into 16 squares and planted with a different crop close together. Tall crops go in back and sizes decrease towards the front. Crop rotation is important to prevent nutrient depletion and control pests/diseases. Seeds are station sown by making holes and thinning extras rather than sowing rows and thinning. This allows growing a variety of crops in a minimal space.
School Garden Start up Budget and Plant List ~ MA Ag in Classroom
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
How to grow and store crops which tolerate cold weather. How to protect crops from cold weather with rowcover, Quick Hoops, caterpillar tunnels and hoophouses (high tunnels). Dealing with Persephone days, nitrate accumulation in leafy greens, the effect of ethylene on stored vegetables
Winter-kill temperatures for vegetable crops,
School Garden Start up Budget and Plant List ~ MA Ag in Classroom
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
How to grow and store crops which tolerate cold weather. How to protect crops from cold weather with rowcover, Quick Hoops, caterpillar tunnels and hoophouses (high tunnels). Dealing with Persephone days, nitrate accumulation in leafy greens, the effect of ethylene on stored vegetables
Winter-kill temperatures for vegetable crops,
Producing Asian Greens 2017 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Detailed information for market and home growers. Many varieties of tasty, nutritious greens grow quickly and bring fast returns. This session covers production of Asian greens outdoors and in the hoophouse. It includes tips on variety selection of over twenty types of Asian greens; timing of plantings; pest and disease management; crop requirements and harvesting.
Hoophouse cool season crops 240 mins Pam DawlingPam Dawling
How to choose which crops to grow from among those suitable for the cool seasons, including comparing the cold-hardiness of various crops. How to grow varied and plentiful winter greens for cooking and salads; turnips, radishes and scallions. How to plan so that your hoophouse is filled with productive food crops in the cool seasons. How to calculate how much to harvest and how much to plant. How to make maps, schedules, and month by month planting lists. How to achieve a good crop rotation, and smooth seasonal transitions. How to get continuous harvests and maximize use of the valuable space, including transplanting indoors from outdoors in the fall. How to pack more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping. The workshop includes tips to help minimize unhealthy levels of nitrates in cold weather with short days. Late winter uses can include growing bare-root transplants for planting outdoors in spring.
Seed Collecting Techiques - United Kingdom
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Optimizing your asian greens production Dawling 2019Pam Dawling
This workshop covers the production of Asian greens, outdoors and in the hoop house, for both market and home growers. Learn to grow many varieties of tasty, nutritious greens easily and quickly, which will bring fast returns. This workshop includes tips on variety selection of over 20 types of Asian greens, the timing of succession planting, crop rotation in the hoop house, pest and disease management, fertility, weed management, and harvesting.
Low Tunnel Strawberry Gardening; Gardening Guidebook for the Texas High Plains ~ Texas A & M ~ For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing sweet potatoes from start to finish Pam Dawling 2016Pam Dawling
How to grow your own sweet potato slips, plant them, grow healthy crops and harvest good yields. How to select suitable roots for growing next year’s slips. How to cure and store roots for top quality and minimal losses
Pam Dawling at CFSA Conference. This handout/these slides were presented at the 30th Annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association by the Author. Please do not reproduce without the express consent of the authors.
Winter vegetable production outdoors and in a hoophouse Pam DawlingPam Dawling
For market gardeners, homesteaders and small backyard growers. Growing cold-hardy vegetables out in the open and with varying degrees of protection from rowcovers, to hoophouses (high tunnels).
Producing Asian Greens 2017 Pam DawlingPam Dawling
Detailed information for market and home growers. Many varieties of tasty, nutritious greens grow quickly and bring fast returns. This session covers production of Asian greens outdoors and in the hoophouse. It includes tips on variety selection of over twenty types of Asian greens; timing of plantings; pest and disease management; crop requirements and harvesting.
Hoophouse cool season crops 240 mins Pam DawlingPam Dawling
How to choose which crops to grow from among those suitable for the cool seasons, including comparing the cold-hardiness of various crops. How to grow varied and plentiful winter greens for cooking and salads; turnips, radishes and scallions. How to plan so that your hoophouse is filled with productive food crops in the cool seasons. How to calculate how much to harvest and how much to plant. How to make maps, schedules, and month by month planting lists. How to achieve a good crop rotation, and smooth seasonal transitions. How to get continuous harvests and maximize use of the valuable space, including transplanting indoors from outdoors in the fall. How to pack more in with succession planting, interplanting and follow-on cropping. The workshop includes tips to help minimize unhealthy levels of nitrates in cold weather with short days. Late winter uses can include growing bare-root transplants for planting outdoors in spring.
Seed Collecting Techiques - United Kingdom
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Optimizing your asian greens production Dawling 2019Pam Dawling
This workshop covers the production of Asian greens, outdoors and in the hoop house, for both market and home growers. Learn to grow many varieties of tasty, nutritious greens easily and quickly, which will bring fast returns. This workshop includes tips on variety selection of over 20 types of Asian greens, the timing of succession planting, crop rotation in the hoop house, pest and disease management, fertility, weed management, and harvesting.
Low Tunnel Strawberry Gardening; Gardening Guidebook for the Texas High Plains ~ Texas A & M ~ For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica
http://scribd.com/doc/239850233
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing sweet potatoes from start to finish Pam Dawling 2016Pam Dawling
How to grow your own sweet potato slips, plant them, grow healthy crops and harvest good yields. How to select suitable roots for growing next year’s slips. How to cure and store roots for top quality and minimal losses
Pam Dawling at CFSA Conference. This handout/these slides were presented at the 30th Annual Carolina Farm Stewardship Association by the Author. Please do not reproduce without the express consent of the authors.
Winter vegetable production outdoors and in a hoophouse Pam DawlingPam Dawling
For market gardeners, homesteaders and small backyard growers. Growing cold-hardy vegetables out in the open and with varying degrees of protection from rowcovers, to hoophouses (high tunnels).
Looking for the best garden layout to suit your needs? Check out these garden design ideas to inspire your next vegetable garden. For more on vegetable gardening, visit our blog www.saferbrand.com/blog
12. Kitchen gardening and new herbs A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Organic Gardening Tips To Grow Your Own Garden Naturally, Easily & Quickly.pdfMuntech1
Organic gardening has been growing in popularity duce is one of the easiest ways to do this. According to the National Gardening Association, the average gardener spends about $70 on their crops – but grows around $600 of vegetables! And we all want to be sure that the food our families are eating is as healthy as possible. An organic garden ensures the safest, healthiest produce for everyone. Follow the tips and tricks discussed here to have the vegetable garden of your dreams.
57 .kitchen gardening planning A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan ...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
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In the midst of the toxic atmosphere of Watts, seeds are sprouting, organic gardens are thriving, young people are discovering a vocation, and healthy, whole foods are becoming part of everyday life.
Good Food Helps your Children Excel in SchoolSeeds
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Horseback Riding Therapy, Natural Horse Care, Natural Pet Food, Natural Pet Care
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
1. ‘Square Foot’ Garden
If you haven’t got much space to grow
vegetables at home or at school why not try
‘square foot’ gardening?
The ‘square foot’ garden is an American
method of growing as many vegetables as
you can in, as small a space as possible, us-ing
a plot 120cm x 120cm (4ft x 4ft).
This space is all you need to grow a wide
variety of crops. If you have more space you
could double the area.
However, the 120cm x 120cm (4ft x 4ft) is
enough to get you started.
Creating a ‘square foot’ garden.
Measure out a plot 120cm x 120cm. Edge
the area with wooden boards.
For more detailed instructions on developing
a square foot garden why not visit the HDRA
Organic Network for Schools website.
www.schoolsorganic.net
Wood– brand new wood can be expensive.
Ask wood merchants for off-cuts and other
waste timber, or look for second-hand wood.
Use untreated wood if you can and replace it
as necessary. Otherwise any preservative
used should be based on natural ingredients
or one that acts as a water repellent.
Avoid using creosote as it may possibly dam-age
plants, soil dwelling creatures, and hu-mans.
Improve the soil inside the bed with garden
compost mixed with some well-rotted
manure. Make sure that the soil is weed
free and remove as many stones as possible.
Divide the 120cm x 120cm area into sixteen
30cm (1ft) squares. This can be marked by
nailing long shoe laces or string across the
box. See below.
Decide which crops you are going to grow.
Each square is planted with a different crop,
using close spacing. When planning, this
make sure that the tallest plants are at the
back of the bed, with sizes decreasing
towards the front. The bed should face south
for maximum sunlight. Three examples of
layouts are shown on the back of this leaflet.
Square foot gardening—A Student’s Guide
As soon as each crop is finished, replace it
with a different one. This will help you to
rotate crops, but you still need to plan a
formal crop rotation.
Crop Rotation
As with any organic garden you need to ro-tate
the crops around the space. This is es-sential
to ensure pest and disease control
and prevent the same nutrients been taken
from the soil all the time.
See Crop Rotation - HDRA factsheet
Planting methods and bed management.
Instead of sowing long rows of seeds and
then thinning out, the square foot garden
uses a different method - ‘station sowing’.
· Make holes of the right depth for the
seed, at the spacing needed by the
plant (check the packet)
· Drop the seeds into the hole, then fill
with fine soil. For most plants 1-2
seeds are enough, but for carrots and
parsnips use 4-5 seeds to ensure
some seeds germinate.
· If more than one seed germinates,
simply snip off the weaker seedlings
with a pair of scissors. This means you
don’t disturb the roots of the other
plants.
2. Examples of crops in a ‘square foot’ garden
General Summer
Glossary
Germination—when the plant starts to
grow they develop a stem and roots.
Manure—animal waste
Nutrients—minerals that plants need
to survive that are found in the soil.
Preservative—a chemical used to
protect wood.
Thinning out– taking out some
seedlings to give others more space.
Water repellent—doesn’t let water in
through the surface.
Square foot
gardening
A student’s guide to
growing in a square foot
garden.
DUCHY ORIGINALS HDRA
Organic Gardens for Schools
1
2 x 3’’
Sugar Peas
2
rows
- Sugar Rae
3
Tomato
4
Tomato
5
16x Leeks
‘King
Richard’
6
4x Dwarf
French Beans
‘Golden
Sands’
7
4x Leaf Beet
8
4x Herbs
9
4x Lettuce
10
16 x Carrots
‘Amsterdam
Forcing’
11
4x Lettuce
12
9x Cabbage
Mini Savoy
13
4 x Pot
Marigold
14
16 x Beetroot
‘Boltardy’
15
Onion mix
‘Paris silver-skin’
‘Purplette’
‘White Lisbon’
16
4 x
Nasturtium
‘Alaska’
1
2 x
Strawberries
2 x
Pot Marigold
2
4 x Hamburg
Parsley
12 x Radish
‘French
Breakfast’
3
Leaf Lettuce
4
16 x Garlic
5
8 x Buck-ler—
leaved
sorrel
4 x Little
Gem Lettuce
6
9 x Spring
Cabbage
7
16 x Carrots
‘Nante’
8
Potato
‘Swift’
9
16 x Carrots
‘Nantes’
10
Radish and
Cress
11
Potato
‘Swift’
12
16 x
Turnip
‘Snowball’
13
2 x
‘Douce
14
rows Pea
Provence’
15
Spring onion
mixture
16
9 x Summer
cabbage
Spring
1
2 x
Strawberries
2 x
Pot Marigold
2
2 x Raddichio
1 x Hamburg
Parsley
1 x Little Gem
lettuce
3
4 x Herbs
sweet majo-ram,
parsley,
winter savory,
celery, leaf
parsley
4
2 x Lettuce
‘Catalogna’
2 x Lettuce
‘Lollo Bi-anco’
5
8 x Buckler—
leaved sorrel
4 x Lettuce
‘Catalogna’
6
9 x Callaloo
(leaf amaranth)
7
Florence
fennel
8
5 x Celeriac
9
4 x Baby
Sweetcorn
‘Minipop’
10
4 x Baby
Sweetcorn
‘Minipop’
11
4 x French
bean
‘Golden
sands’
12
Tomato
‘Gardener’s
Delight’
13
Limnanthes
douglasii and
a
Little Gem
lettuce
14
6 x
Kohl rabi
15
4 x Runner
bean
‘Painted Lady’
16
4 x
French
beans
‘Blue Lake’
3. ‘Square Foot’ Gardening
Finding the space in school grounds to grow
vegetables is not always easy. This, together
with the inexperience of some teachers and
many
students, can make growing vegetables seem
like a daunting task. However, it is these
factors that make ‘square foot’ gardening
ideal.
The ‘square foot’ garden is an American
method of growing as many vegetables as
you can in as small a space as possible. The
area is 120cm x 120cm (4ft x 4ft).
This space is all you need to grow a range of
crops. If you have more space you could
double the area. However, the 120cm x
120cm (4ft x 4ft) is ample to get you started.
Creating a ‘square foot’ garden.
Measure out a plot 120cm x 120cm (4ft x 4ft).
Edge it with wooden boards.
Brand new wood can be expensive. A
cheaper option is to ask wood merchants for
off-cuts and other waste timber, or use sec-ond-
hand wood.
Try to obtain untreated wood and replace
when it rots. Otherwise, any preservative
used should be based on natural ingredients,
or one that is just a water repellent. Try to
avoid creosote. It can be harmful to people,
soil-dwelling creatures and plants. It can
leach into the soil after the wood has been
treated.
Dig out and remove any weeds and stones
from the area. Improve the soil inside the
bed with garden compost or some well-rotted
manure.
Sub-divide the 120cm x 120cm (4ft x 4ft)
area into sixteen 30cm (1ft) squares. This
can be marked by nailing long shoe laces or
string across the box. See below.
Decide which crops are going to be grown in
your ‘square foot’ garden. Each square is
planted with a different crop, using close
spacing. When planning this ensure that
the tallest plants are at the rear of the bed,
with sizes decreasing progressively to the
front of the bed, which should face south for
maximum sunlight. Three examples of
layouts are shown on the back of this leaflet.
As soon as each crop is finished, replace it
with a different one. This helps with the crop
rotation, but planning for rotation is still
essential.
Square foot gardening—A Teacher’s Guide
Crop Rotation
As with any organic garden, crop rotation is
crucial in a ‘square foot’ garden. It helps
with pest and disease control, and prevents
nutrient depletion. It may appear that having
distinct areas for each crop would make ro-tation
easier, because simply replacing
crops with another after they have finished is
a natural crop rotation. However, it is not
always that simple. Square foot gardeners
need to plan a crop rotation carefully. This
is further complicated by the fact that tall
plants need to be near the rear of the bed.
See Crop Rotation - HDRA factsheet
Planting methods and bed management.
Rather than planting long rows of seeds and
then thinning out, square foot gardens re-quire
a different technique. The suggested
method is ‘station sowing’.
1. Make holes of the required depth for
the seed at the spacing needed by the
mature plant.
2. Drop the seeds into the holes then fill
with fine soil.
3. For most plants 1-2 seeds are enough,
but for carrots and parsnips use 4-5
seeds to ensure uniform germination.
4. If too many seeds germinate, simply
snip off those not required, with a pair
of scissors, to avoid disturbing the
roots of the remaining plants.
4. General Summer
Further Reading
‘Square foot’ Gardening -
HDRA newsletter issue 153
‘The square foot marches on’ -
The Organic Way issue 159
‘Square Foot Gardening’ -
Mel Bartholemew Rodale Press
‘Beds’ -
Pauline Pears HDRA/Search Press, 1992
1
2 x 3’’
Sugar Peas
2
rows
- Sugar Rae
3
Tomato
4
Tomato
5
16x Leeks
‘King
Richard’
6
4x Dwarf
French Beans
‘Golden
Sands’
7
4x Leaf Beet
8
4x Herbs
9
4x Lettuce
10
16 x Carrots
‘Amsterdam
Forcing’
11
4x Lettuce
12
9x Cabbage
Mini Savoy
13
4 x Pot
Marigold
14
16 x Beetroot
‘Boltardy’
15
Onion mix
‘Paris silver-skin’
‘Purplette’
‘White Lisbon’
16
4 x
Nasturtium
‘Alaska’
1
2 x
Strawberries
2 x
Pot Marigold
2
4 x Hamburg
Parsley
12 x Radish
‘French
Breakfast’
3
Leaf Lettuce
4
16 x Garlic
5
8 x Buck-ler—
leaved
sorrel
4 x Little
Gem Lettuce
6
9 x Spring
Cabbage
7
16 x Carrots
‘Nante’
8
Potato
‘Swift’
9
16 x Carrots
‘Nantes’
10
Radish and
Cress
11
Potato
‘Swift’
12
16 x
Turnip
‘Snowball’
13
2 x
‘Douce
14
rows Pea
Provence’
15
Spring onion
mixture
16
9 x Summer
cabbage
1
2 x
Strawberries
2 x
Pot Marigold
2
2 x Raddichio
1 x Hamburg
Parsley
1 x Little Gem
lettuce
3
4 x Herbs
sweet majo-ram,
parsley,
winter savory,
celery, leaf
parsley
4
2 x Lettuce
‘Catalogna’
2 x Lettuce
‘Lollo Bi-anco’
5
8 x Buckler—
leaved sorrel
4 x Lettuce
‘Catalogna’
6
9 x Callaloo
(leaf amaranth)
7
Florence
fennel
8
5 x Celeriac
9
4 x Baby
Sweetcorn
‘Minipop’
10
4 x Baby
Sweetcorn
‘Minipop’
11
4 x French
bean
‘Golden
sands’
12
Tomato
‘Gardener’s
Delight’
13
Limnanthes
douglasii and
a
Little Gem
lettuce
14
6 x
Kohl rabi
15
4 x Runner
bean
‘Painted Lady’
16
4 x
French
beans
‘Blue Lake’
Spring
Examples of crops in a ‘square foot’ garden
Square foot
gardening
A teacher’s guide to
growing in a square foot
garden.
DUCHY ORIGINALS HDRA
Organic Gardens for Schools