Square foot gardening for Sri Lanka?

JR wrote 1 year, 2 months ago:

I was recently informed by a friend of mine about a concept called ‘Square Foot Gardening’.
This is a method to grow flowers, fruit and / or vegetables in small square foot gardens using:

  • very little space; 80% less than conventional gardening.
  • much less water; only about 10 to 20% compared to conventional gardening
  • no fertilizers or pesticides – it’s all natural
  • very few seeds
  • Can be started at any time of the year
  • And produces 5 times the harvest of a conventional garden

Before starting this method as a project in Sri Lanka I will try it out in the backyard right here. I’m not a very good gardener so if this works for me it should work for just about anyone.

I can see this as a great opportunity for the orphanages in Sri Lanka to grow their own fruit and vegetables thereby teaching the orphans a bit about gardening, saving money on buying these fruits and vegetables and supplementing/enriching their daily meals.

On Saturday 27 June I will start this project, take some pictures and describe my progress. After that I will post updates when interesting things happen to the garden.
Read more about Square Foot Gardening on http://www.squarefootgardening.com/.

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One Response to “Square foot gardening for Sri Lanka?”

  • Rafiat commented on June 22, 2009 1:07 pm

    I think the “square foot gardening” is a good idea. When I was in school back in my country we used to have a garden with each class allotted a plot and period within the school timetable for working on the garden. We plant fruits and vegetables with marks awarded based on how good each class take care of their plot and the quality/quantity of the produce on harvest.

    The downside to it is, all we get out of the whole experience is the marks awarded, the day we harvest is the last we know of the produce. The teachers take the harvest home !.

    Though the idea of our school gardening is quite different from the “square plot gardening” but the experience you get out if it is the same; gardening, producing organic food, saving money on buying, team work, fun and exercise, working with nature and much more.

    Though I was brought up within a farming community, I really am not green fingered, what a shame !

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