This spring I helped my sister in Buffalo NY start her garden at her new home. She's not as urban as I am and has more than my 1.09 acres, though we followed an urban garden concept for her garden same as I did with mine. Goes to show it will work for everyone, no matter now much space you have or don't have.
My sister's name is Kathy, her daughter's name is Kristina and her granddaughter's name is Kira so of course the name 3K Garden seam obvious. Here are some picture the 3K garden so you can see how easy it is to create a workable garden. From start to finish this was a weekend project. I did have several family members helping so I don't want anyone to think I did it all myself.
Being a fan of Mel Bartholomew and his Square Foot Gardening books I use many of his concepts for my own garden as well as for my sister's. Building raised beds and planting by the square foot is definitely the way to go. Now if I'm talking about rows in my garden it's rows of garden boxes not rows of plants.
Start with a design. Graph paper works great for this, though we changed the design as we went along. Since we did the square foot concept each square on the graph paper equaled one foot. Only needed a ruler so my lines were straight.
My sister's name is Kathy, her daughter's name is Kristina and her granddaughter's name is Kira so of course the name 3K Garden seam obvious. Here are some picture the 3K garden so you can see how easy it is to create a workable garden. From start to finish this was a weekend project. I did have several family members helping so I don't want anyone to think I did it all myself.
Being a fan of Mel Bartholomew and his Square Foot Gardening books I use many of his concepts for my own garden as well as for my sister's. Building raised beds and planting by the square foot is definitely the way to go. Now if I'm talking about rows in my garden it's rows of garden boxes not rows of plants.
Start with a design. Graph paper works great for this, though we changed the design as we went along. Since we did the square foot concept each square on the graph paper equaled one foot. Only needed a ruler so my lines were straight.
The K box was the most complex. Fortunately I had access to family with carpentry skills. Lots of sawing (thanks Mike), some deck screws (again thanks Mike), a lot of mulch and a variation of Mel Bartholomew's soil mixture we were ready to plant (thanks Everyone).
A couple of month's later the plants were off and running and my sister and her family got to start reaping the benefits. If only she can keep her granddaughter from picking and eating the vegetables before she can get them into the house and on the dinner table.
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