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I still use the square foot gardening concept. I just organically amend the soil in my raised beds and the groceries keep coming year after year.
Recycled gardening, I do it, but I didnt know it was a fad. Not a lot of money to build raised beds. But kiddie pools up to 5 foot across can be turned into large bed like planting areas that last a very long time. You have to be careful and use the ones made of hdpe plastic instead vinyl. But the hdpe are common in my area and a few get tossed out each fall. Most have a hole in them, but I put a lot of holes in them anyway.
I support the current trend.
Remember growing tomatoes upside down…topsy turvy tomato,? And more recently I'm not a fan of felt pots. Just not esthetically useful. Sloppy and ugly.
I got a knockoff aerogarden for about 40. Keeps me in fresh looseleaf lettuce and mini cherry tomatoes all winter. Can't can or dehydrate lettuce and iceberg lettuce is high priced now.
For me, SF gardening translates to intensive planting. Use highly fertile and loose, living soils to grow a LOT in a small space, and the "grid" can just be in your head as a basic guideline.
I was so into the recycle trend. The was a tremendous amount of mental energy used up saving and being responsible for how things would get reused. It is so freeing to not hold onto that stuff.
Most of these fads are just consumerism convincing people they need stuff they don’t. My mom always used to grow her seeds on the window sill in old used yogurt containers with soil she grabbed from outside.. she always used to say well the plant wants to grow and stay alive.. I see people online with lights trays all sorts of soil mixes and chemicals and it makes me laugh.. we are definitely being sold stuff we don’t need. Capitalism isn’t part of gardening, we should try to remember that
Electro-culture?
I was gifted an AeroGarden, which was very kind and thoughtful of the giver, however I now have the ongoing expense of it. It's a mixed blessing, for sure.
I think the biggest fad is trying to grow things in bananas or making liquid fertilizer from banana peels.
I agree with everything you say! I came from SE MI and live in PHX( 9b) now. My dad bought me for Christmas an Aerogarden which i loved until i had to buy new pods! Well i learned i can still use the aerogarden with my own seeds and some cheap sponges instead of the areogarden brand. That was a game changer for me! I love having lettuce all year round in AZ now plus hens etc
You can take my Aerogarden when you can pry it from my cold dead hands! LOL
Is electoculter a fad from the early 1800s that is coming back around .
Square foot gardening does work, but you really need to add a lot of amendments every season. Like you I've modified the method and had great success! I've been gardening for 50 plus years now.
I have an aero-garden. I use MIgardener seeds in it. The peat cones are cheap to get and you use your own seeds. Great during winter to grow fresh herbs, grocery store herbs are so expensive. I also use it to propagate seedlings for the spring, the 50 seedling tray is is plenty for the average garden.
Ah the aerogarden. I bought those 10-15 years ago for my mom and sister for Xmas. My mom used it for 1 year and my sister gave it back to me unopened 5 years ago. Its still unused. Anybody want it? Those free pods it came with might be still good. 😅
Luke, I love fish and seafood. But . . . you eat Perch, and Tilapia? Yuck! For freshwater, I prefer Catfish. Tilapia is slimy tasting, and perch is just too small to bother with. Ocean fish, Cod, and Flounder are good too.
Square foot gardening. It’s a great foundation for starting. Some things I always plant that way. Some things just need more space
Luke, I just gotta ask. I see you removing fallen leaves from your garden. I thought that they were good as mulch, good for compost, etc. You have actually made content on this subject talking about the benefits!
Are you just that much of a neat freak? Curious. Personally, I'm quite messy. It's how I roll.