That's a hillside about 8 x 50. But the gophers are eating more that we are. 
Yea we did the exact square foot gardening "recipe" last year too. It did grow really well but like you said it was expensive!! We tweeked it a little this year. As in, we just did raised beds with the square feet marked but just added in some composted straw bedding to the base then filled it in with some cheaper bagged soil. It's still working really well. And we plan on just composting straight to the beds and doing a little bit of the lasagna gardening thing with them to built them up. Because buying all that stuff for them was too expensive!SSDreamin said:We built 3 4x12 SFG's this year, but only had enough money to fill two (All the stuff required was very expensive here!). S that's 96 sf. Since this is our 'test' year, to see what grows best where, we planted a little of everything- not enough to do much canning or drying, mostly just fresh eating.
We planted a small row of tomatoes and peppers as a comparison- about 10 foot long (we had to see if the SFG was worth the expense, as opposed to just amending our less than desirable soil).
Also have blueberries, blackberries, rhubarb and grapes planted along our deck; two apple & two pear (established trees); two walnuts, one pecan (one died
Once we settle into our permanent location, we will expand the orchard and garden accordingly.
We total newbies to the whole process but it seems idiot proof!SSDreamin said:
