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I discovered the "Seed Square" online today. It's not a product I need, but might be useful for novice gardeners, square-foot gardeners, or people who enjoy gadgets! :tongue:
The fact that it's based in Canada caught my eye. :canada:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...marter-not-har
Their Facebook page is HERE.
Update: The kickstarter project is finished, and the Seed Square is now available through their WEBSITE.
Very good idea. I think we can do this for less $$$ than what they are saying. Me and my DH were talking about doing something like this next year. Uptade on it next year. Thank you for sharing.........................:-)
That's creative. I hope they meet their fundraising goal. I don't think it's a product l would buy, but I love the idea. If urban gardens bought one or two for their gardeners to borrow/sign out, I bet they'd get a lot of interest. They need to design a round one for pots.
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Originally Posted by Durham Couponer
That is exactly what I was thinking, about urban/community gardens having some to lend out to their gardeners. I never thought about a round one - neat idea!
I hope they meeting their fundraising goal, too. I hate it when an idea I like doesn't, I feel badly for the folks behind the project. They have set the goal figure rather high, which is risky. (On the other end of the spectrum, a small bathing suit business in BC recently set their goal at $10,000 and I think they exceeded $70,000 in funds raised!) They've been written up in several papers and articles, so maybe that figured into the goal amount they chose. In any case, I'll be spreading the word!
Being a newbie gardener (second year planting an herb and vegetable garden) with a garden that is actually small (less than half the size they showed), that product totally does not appeal to me. From the reading that I have done so far, planting things that close together doesn't lead to "the highest yield possible" but rather too much competition between plants and deleption of nutrients in the soil.
While I admire their goal of trying to encourage people to plant a garden/make it easier, am not sure a lot of new gardeners would want to spend $39 (which they seem to be saying is below their retail price?) to buy a one square foot piece of plastic to assist with laying out the garden. How helpful is it really? The gardener still has to decide what goes where. This tool is just for spacing.
Yep, I agree, it's a spacing gadget. I probably wouldn't use it, but some people love this kind of thing, along with other not-entirely-necessary but kind-of-neat gardening tools. I can see Lee Valley carrying something like the Seeding Square.
It must be helpful on some level, as I have seen dozens of home-made variations of this template on Pinterest, gardening sites, etc.
Thanks so much for your post!
Agree with you completely. They should almost try to bring that idea to dragons den (at least get some PR) but I am sure the dragons will say the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrueNorthTreasures
This would be a perfect acessory for one of those square foot garden bed building kits you see advertised.I could definitely see Lee Valley offering it,but at a lower price point,say $19.95 or so.
Super807,if you are a newbie gardener you should check out a book called Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew or visit the SFG website.This product is designed for use with this type of garden.The method does provide very high yields in small spaces,but optimal soil fertility is the cornerstone,and careful layout is vital.Plants utilize a certain amount of the area around them (root zone)and a larger area is basically wasted space,although weeds will apreciate it!
nice sharing. will have a try