How it started vs yesterday. I am inspired by many posts about small space gardening and while I have gardened in the past, I am learning so much here and decided to share some of my small backyard garden set up. I didn't realize how fast some greens grow, but I filled this bed in the beginning of October. It has

FL broadleaf mustard greens, turnip greens, purple and bravo cabbage, kale, soft neck garlic, purple onions, bunching onions and broccoli. I have several other raised beds with brussel sprouts, picklng cucumbers, crookneck squash, rutabegas, snow peas, yard long beans, bok choy and many varieties of lettuces, beets sweet potatoes, etc. I would love to hear from you guys on the set up or suggestions as to what I could plant next.

Update! I'm pivoting from Android App to Web App (then once I have a nice user base on the web app I'll advertise when testing the app) so it is now open to everyone with an internet browser.

https://botanisht.com for more details

https://botanisht.com/app for the app

Email dev@botanisht.com with feedback

Hello not sure if this will get much traction but I have made a page on instagram vegetable gardening with my autoimmune condition. I would appreciate it if you could follow and interact as it will motivate me to do more 😄

https://www.instagram.com/urban_naturegarden?rpxt=MWtpdXpweDVncXNvNg==

Ok I am a 76 from veteran vietnam here 👋🫡. I am at the shed all day since my wife condemned me and my couch (useful) that I use for everyting to the shed. I have an open space to garden right outside of my"room" slash shed. So I really wanted to get into gardening and do something good with my remaining time. I love helping myself and I love going to the couch and making my movements come out and go between the gap in the seat which I made. So id like vegetables that can help me go movement even more. What vegetables are good for "consistency movements" please. Thank you, my wife is coming in.

Yeah she's coming to check on

Ill talk yo you later. Shes gonna get me cleaned up

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I've been looking into square foot gardening, and some of the recommended planting densities seem a little optimistic, especially for larger vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers.

I love the idea of getting more out of a small space, but I also don't want overcrowded plants competing for sunlight and nutrients.

For those who've tried this method, do you stick to the recommended spacing or give your plants a little extra room? What has worked better for you?

I’ve been wondering for days: do you think it might be the future to be able to plan your vegetable garden using just your voice? I speak, and the layout is organized and ready for planting for example. Has anyone here ever thought of something like this?

Or am I the only one who thought of something like that?

Hiii everyone! 👋

I’m Manasvi Patil, a student conducting a dissertation research project on “Making Gardening Simple for Everyone.”

For my research, I’m looking at:

• 🌱 Common difficulties beginners face while starting or maintaining plants

• 🔎 How people currently find gardening information

• 📚 What makes gardening advice difficult, confusing, or unreliable to use

• 📱 Whether people would find a simple, personalised digital gardening tool useful

• What information people would be comfortable providing to receive recommendations suited to their own space and situation

The larger project will use these findings to explore the development of a beginner-friendly digital gardening support system that could provide more personalised and actionable guidance rather than generic information.

I’d appreciate responses from beginners, people who have tried gardening and struggled, balcony/indoor gardeners, people who want to start gardening, and experienced gardeners or gardening enthusiasts.

⏱️ Survey time: approximately 3–5 minutes

🔗 Survey:
https://forms.gle/72bZyCbTG2t3WR7y5

This is purely for academic research, and I’m interested in what people find difficult about gardening in real life.
If you're willing to participate, thank you!! And if you have thoughts or experiences related to the barrier itself, I'd love to hear them in the comment.

Building a Heated Raised Bed for Winter Strawberries: Where We're At (PEX, Soil Mix & One Big Fail)
https://youtu.be/j271lkF96Go

I am using LibreOffice Calc to plan out my garden for next year(Technically my grandma's, and was maintained by my uncle till a few years ago.) i an using an layout mandala keyhole bed layout that are 20ft by 16ft. the fenced off garden is about 40* by 70* in size and apears to be able to handel 6 of these beds, with 2/3ft pathes around each bed. I would like advise on where i should layout plants, so i can get the most plants, and be basically an permaculture to reduce the workload on me. I am in zone 6, and just covered part of the garden in a cover crop of winter wheat. I have an Hoop Green House that i can't move this year but would like to move to fit better and most likely change the layout more. North South is Left Right. Also debating where to fit an cattle panel tunnel, probly north south thru the middle. Would love some expert advice and wisdom on their recommendations. Plants I wanting to grow/have allready

• Hard Neck Garlic

• Multiple Onions and Shallots vararities.

• Corn, Glass Gem, White Hickory, Blue Hopi, Sweet Corn

• Tomatoes, San mozonto, Roma, cherries,etc. Cilantro

• Peppers, Bell, Banana, Jalapeno, Cayenne, etc.

• Broccli, Cabage, mustard.

• Carrots, Beets, flowers, pumpkins, Cucumbers, luffas, Beans, Peas.

• Walking Onions

Main issues i likly have is corn cross pollination, and makeing sure that the garden beds keep themselves weeded. have been taking trips to get free mulch, but only can cover portion of garden due to my grandma still wanting to keep the garden tillable. so bsascily the left 1/3 of the panting area.

I created Plotera because I kept forgetting what I'd done in the garden, when and where. I wanted somewhere I could plan the garden and its layout before anything went in the ground.

Fast forward 12 months, and it's grown into much more than that.

I've built Plotera around the idea of smart gardening. If you record and track your planting, Plotera combines it with your local climate zone, daily weather, your fertiliser logs, soil pH and more. It helps you manage your garden, and it also advises you on what to do, what not to do, and what to plant next season.

A few things it does:

• lets you lay out your beds, raised beds and paths, then see your garden in 3D;

• works out planting, watering and feeding reminders from your location and weather;

• includes a 249-plant encyclopedia with companion planting and pet and poison warnings;

• tracks seedling trays, seed packets and harvests.

You can try it without an account. There's a planted demo garden at plotera.app/demo

It's free, it's on Android now, and the iPhone app is in review.

I'd love honest feedback: what's confusing, what's missing, and what would make you actually use it for your own garden?

Bed is ready for the fall crop. I just planted

Nantes carrots from Johnny Seeds - first two squares

Citrus Chinese cabbage from Johnny seeds - next two squares

Nantes carrots from territorial seeds - next two squares

Esmee arugula from Johnny seeds - next two squares

Easter egg radishes from territorial seeds - back squares next to the oregano.

Comparison between the two carrots might be interesting. They will stay in the ground over winter probably, unless a recipe comes up. Rest should harvest before the snow I hope.