What’s a good size for a small garden?
Square Feet An appropriate size for a beginning gardener who wants to try a few different crops and eat consistently from the yard during peak harvest season. Half an hour to an hour a week will be enough to keep up with all garden tasks. Square Feet An appropriate size for a beginning gardener who wants to try a few different crops and eat consistently from the yard during peak harvest season. Half an hour to an hour a week will be enough to keep up with all garden tasks.Square Feet A good size for the intermediate gardener with a hectic schedule. It will yield adequate fresh produce for one to four people throughout spring, summer, and fall, with some produce left for putting up. An hour or two of work a week will be sufficient.In general, you’ll need 150 to 200 square feet of garden space per person in order to feed everyone in your family year-round.
What is the best way to garden in a small space?
One of the best ways to maximize a small gardening space is to use containers and raised beds. These options offer flexibility and control over the growing environment, making them perfect for beginners and those with limited space. Grow in blocks instead of rows to optimize the use of space. In a traditional row-gardening layout, there’s space between rows for cultivating. That cultivating chops down little weed seeds that are germinating. Gardening this way allows one person to weed and tend a lot of plants when labour—not space—is limited.Square-foot gardening (SFG) makes efficient use of space. Normally, an SFG garden is made of multiple 4×4-foot “boxes” (deeply-raised beds) that can be densely planted for multiple harvests. A lattice is laid across the top to separate each square foot. By getting rid of traditional rows, you will do less weeding, too.