Texas A&M University published a list of do’s and don’ts for home gardening. These seem aimed at the general gardener who uses the old rows method. How do these play out with a micro-garden that uses raised beds that are small enough that you can reach everything without stepping on the garden? Let’s look at the list.
Each square foot in a square foot garden has a different plant or variety. One square might have a tomato plant, another a cabbage (or perhaps two), and another a bunch of radishes. Some plants will grow to be tall while others will be bushy and fairly low. Some need more water and others less. Some attract bugs while others repel them. Some need more shade and some need less.
Starting a small garden is easy. I had put it off for a couple years because I dreaded getting a tiller and preparing the soil. I remembered the spring preparation from my childhood as being difficult and time consuming. Perhaps it was a memory based on what it would have been like to do all of that work as a ten year old, but it was a memory that kept me from moving forward with my plans for a garden.
Until recently.
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