Horntoad said:In my opinion square foot/intensive gardening is more productive.
If it's not already included in square foot/intensive gardening, I'd also add, grow
up.
This area is along the south side of our house. It's roughly 18 to 24" deep by 24' long, grew nearly all that was needed for two smaller sized families last year, and there was still room for flowers. The two hog panels used as growing supports are each 8' long.
Pole beans and cucumbers twined and climbed and did very well together in the first image. The second grew two additional types of pole beans and several morning glories. Bush squash grew in two large containers after the lettuce was finished. Tomatoes (not shown) grew in tall containers just around the far end of the porch. The third image shows what I gathered in a single day. This was my first year of trying this method, and boy was I impressed!
Vining squash, Malabar Spinach, peas and others can be grown on a sturdy fence as well.
These are the early images that show the supports and seedlings.
The logs were used as a border to contain the composted manure.
