Square Foot Gardening!

[indeliblesasha]

Or: The web design for the official site is so GOD-AWFUL BAD I want to CRY. I can't even look at it any longer. GOING TO CRY.

I need some help planning my vegetable garden, I'm doing just a 4x4 raised bed this year to get a feel for growing here in the Boulder, Colorado, US area. I literally have no idea what I'm doing, so someone who is willing to hold my hand through the process of figuring what to plant and when would be much loved.

OR, pointing me in the direction of sites with correct and detailed information? Because so far I'm finding nothing but contradictory info and stuff written for people who have degrees in botany.

HALP! I just want to grow some lettuce. Maybe some tomatoes. Broccoli? Sigh.


(edited to clarify location because I'm trying to remember that internet is not *just* in the US :D )

Comments

[chalcopyrite]

I have never tried growing in hanging pots! I do not know! Hmmm... zucchini can put out pretty long vines, and in a hanging pot, I'd think there was maybe a concern of them cracking under their own weight? But they are pretty tough ... they'd probably be fine as long as you made sure to pick the fruit before it got too big. [/thinking out loud]

a bed that gets half shade half sun

Sounds good. Shade in the middle part of the summer day will probably make everything happier!

Squirrels, gah. I have no suggestions (that might work), short of.... protective cages covering the entire bed/plant. Possibly the entire yard. *wry g*

[indeliblesasha]

:D I think I will try to hang the zucchini, since it's not a beloved vegetable, no one will be heartbroken if it doesn't work, lol. (Okay, I will, because *I* love them, everyone else merely tolerates them, heh.) And I bet if I pick them small I'll get more mileage out of them anyway, excellent point.