SPIN gardening
I became aware of SPIN gardening this past spring. SPIN involves using small plots of land in the suburbs for gardening, instead of large farms in the country. SPIN farmers use their own or other people's yards to grow vegetables. They either rent the land or barter for it with vegetable produce. The idea is to lower the cost entry barrier to farming. Well I'm just starting out so I am using my own backyard, but if I decide to enlarge my gardens, I will follow the SPIN method and use other land close to home to grow.
Other SPIN concepts involve growing multiple crops per season on the same land. I hope to do this in the future by extending my growing season using low tunnels and grow multiple crops per bed. One SPIN suggestion is to use beds 2 feet wide and 25 feet long. I may add 2 more growing beds next year this size. My current 5 foot wide bed makes it difficult to reach the middle of the bed. With 2 foot wide beds, I can straddle the beds with my feet and easily reach the middle. The following picture shows my current growing bed with the area for my future beds outlined by the wood strips.
My summer garden is just about done and the colder temperatures will be here soon. I hope to harvest some more bush beans and my celery before the first frost. The beans just need to grow a little bigger!
I started some lettuce, spinach and broccoli last week in flats indoors. I planted them in my garden today.
Seeds just germinating
Seedlings prior to planting
I'll show the seedlings in the garden when they get a little bigger.
Other SPIN concepts involve growing multiple crops per season on the same land. I hope to do this in the future by extending my growing season using low tunnels and grow multiple crops per bed. One SPIN suggestion is to use beds 2 feet wide and 25 feet long. I may add 2 more growing beds next year this size. My current 5 foot wide bed makes it difficult to reach the middle of the bed. With 2 foot wide beds, I can straddle the beds with my feet and easily reach the middle. The following picture shows my current growing bed with the area for my future beds outlined by the wood strips.
My summer garden is just about done and the colder temperatures will be here soon. I hope to harvest some more bush beans and my celery before the first frost. The beans just need to grow a little bigger!
I started some lettuce, spinach and broccoli last week in flats indoors. I planted them in my garden today.
Seeds just germinating
Seedlings prior to planting
I'll show the seedlings in the garden when they get a little bigger.
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