Comments on: Plant Spacing in Square Foot Gardens

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:46:39 +0000

In reply to Terri. No. But you could request that it sprays outward as well. If that is not still an option you could poke additional holes along the outside perimeter with a push pin.

By: Terri

Terri — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:38:16 +0000

Does water also sprinkle around the outside perimeter? I have an area under 2 feet wide and want to center a grid and use the area outside for herbs.

I’m in SanTanValley

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:08:36 +0000

In reply to Debbie Hires. That's a great question. I usually do like you say and plant it close to the grid line in the middle spot.

By: Debbie Hires

Debbie Hires — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:50:36 +0000

Angela,
I have a really dumb question. I am ordering the GIM water grids and wondering what you do when you have a plant that requires more than one square. If it hits the middle do you plant it close to the grid line covering that middle spot? Just curious how you handle these situations to get the optimum growth and watering needed.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:09:43 +0000

In reply to April. During this heatwave I've been watering every other day.

By: April

April — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 22:18:38 +0000

Ho long and often do you typically water in the summer months? Im in Peoria and I struggle with watering my garden.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 03:10:53 +0000

In reply to Praveen Pandey. Hi Parveen, yes talk to Zach there, he will be able to help you with the ratios. They also offer delivery service. Best of luck to you.

By: Praveen Pandey

Praveen Pandey — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:15:35 +0000

In reply to Angela Judd. Thank you, Angela. Appreciate your reply. I will talk to Arizona Work Farm for these. Hopefully they will know the right ratio for each. I am looking for some landscaper who can get it from there as my home is 30 miles away from Arizona Worm Farm.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 04:53:45 +0000

In reply to Praveen. Hi a combination of mostly compost with some perlite or vermiculite and worm castings mixed in would be a great way to fill your beds up. (Arizona Worm Farm has all of those individually) Keep an eye on your watering - you will probably have to water less than in other types of beds.

By: Praveen

Praveen — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:26:41 +0000

Hi Angela,
Thanks for the wonderful posts. I moved to a new build house recently and I am planning to use the big side yard area for vegetables. Using excavators, I have dug two areas of four feet width and 12 inches depth (One had 45 feet length and another is about 30 ft). Now I am thinking to fill these with good soil/compost/mulch and start going through your monthly vegetable list to find right veggies for the month.
Do you have any advice on:
1) Which kind of soil should I use to fill this?
2) Is there optimal ratio of different kinds of soil?
3) I am planning to have irrigation setup. Do you have any advice on the drainage?

Thanks

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 04:26:43 +0000

In reply to Caitlin Wood. About 10 minutes every other day or every third day. Also, we've had quite a bit of rain this year, so they are turned off for a few days if we get rain.

By: Caitlin Wood

Caitlin Wood — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 02:41:55 +0000

How long are you running the water for these grids? Sept

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:54:53 +0000

In reply to Chawn Tipton.

Hello! Daily observation is one of the important keys to being successful for sure. I’m so glad the information has been helpful. My backyard garden has three areas: a sideyard that gets part sun, another set of beds that gets morning sun and afternoon shade (evergreen trees on the west side of the bed); and the newest addition to my garden 6 beds that get full sun with a western exposure.
As for hacks, I share my best tips in my blog posts, videos, and on instagram etc. You can check the blog post on fall gardening. https://growinginthegarden.com/starting-a-fall-garden-2/
Best of luck to you.

By: Chawn Tipton

Chawn Tipton — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 14:23:37 +0000

Angela,

I was so happy to discover your website and all of the valuable information you share with your readers! One of the silver linings to our COVID induced hunkering at home, is that the time I would have spent on airplanes away from home is now spent in my yard and garden. What a difference daily observation makes in being able to learn about one’s garden and the lessons to be able to continue. Thank you!

As a fellow Arizona gardener (PHX) I would love to know the orientation of your back yard/raised bed and any crop specific “hacks” as it relates moving from summer to fall garden planning.

Stay well!

By: Jay Teez

Jay Teez — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:58:20 +0000

Thank for posting such an interesting article. I have recently started square metre gardening using a Vegepod and a covered raised garden bed in Australia (its Spring here now and starting to warm up). My Vegepod comes with a watering system inside the cover, but I have to remember to water the raised bed, which is in a different part of my garden. The Gardening in Minutes watering system looks like something which will be really useful here, not only for the grid system which can be left in place to aid planting but also as temperatures regularly reach over 40C here in the summer so plants tend to fry is not kept well watered.Can you tell me does the pipe have droppers in it or just holes? Now if only I can find some sort of tool to fit on my tap so I can water the garden without going outside in the heat it would be wonderful.