Oh we're definitely doing the square foot gardening method because our yard is small, especially when you take into account the few patches that get enough sunlight to grow stuff. I've already harassed my husband into making three raised beds to fit the odd spaces that are usable and I may have to harass him for one more to fit everything in.
One of my beds is in a half shaded area and we're going to have to do some creative engineering with things like sheets of tinfoil to see if we can reflect enough light in there to grow crops well. The other beds have to be in the front yard, and I'm going to have to figure out a way to make them look nicer and less hillbilly ghetto (which is what they look like now, lol) if I don't want to piss off the neighbors. Luckily, they seem like rather laid back folks. It also helps that our landlords are so desperate to keep their houses rented, that they'll pretty much let me do whatever I want to the yard.
Living in the city we don't have deer to deal with, although we do have rabbits that live in the front yard, so I'm going to have to have to do something to protect the leaf crops. Plus there is the added bonus of the farmer's market right down the street if I royally mess stuff up and nothing grows well.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: I'm Afraid I Can't Relate
Date: 2009-01-17 01:36 pm (UTC)One of my beds is in a half shaded area and we're going to have to do some creative engineering with things like sheets of tinfoil to see if we can reflect enough light in there to grow crops well. The other beds have to be in the front yard, and I'm going to have to figure out a way to make them look nicer and less hillbilly ghetto (which is what they look like now, lol) if I don't want to piss off the neighbors. Luckily, they seem like rather laid back folks. It also helps that our landlords are so desperate to keep their houses rented, that they'll pretty much let me do whatever I want to the yard.
Living in the city we don't have deer to deal with, although we do have rabbits that live in the front yard, so I'm going to have to have to do something to protect the leaf crops. Plus there is the added bonus of the farmer's market right down the street if I royally mess stuff up and nothing grows well.