Square Foot Gardening Question

Diamond_Doll

I posted this on the Gardening board yesterday, but have only gotten 1 response.

I've been reading a lot about square foot gardening, since that seems to be the preferred method for vegetable gardens now. We have a 15x9 raised bed left from the previous homeowners and thought we'd use this for our garden. Everything I'm reading talks about much smaller dimensions. Would it be possible to do small 3x2 beds within the larger bed? We'd have 9 total and about 2ft between each bed. I'm worried about weeds/spreading in the extra space. Any advice? With a 15x9 bed are we better off just doing rows?

leighzlou

I would do 3 3x9 boxes. You can reach fully into each one and it will will give you 3 ft of aisle space in between.

SuperGreen

leighzlou:

I would do 3 3x9 boxes. You can reach fully into each one and it will will give you 3 ft of aisle space in between.

Ditto this.

ksdk

I have a 10' x 40' veg garden that I plant in rows, with a patch at one end. I'll check out the idea of smaller beds, why are smaller dimensions preferred?

ETA: I got my answer from a google search for raised bed gardens : ) 

Pescalita

SuperGreen:

leighzlou:

I would do 3 3x9 boxes. You can reach fully into each one and it will will give you 3 ft of aisle space in between.

Ditto this.

Tritto. Our beds are 4X8 with 4' in between. Longer beds are fine as long as they're still narrow. 2' between is pretty tough to work in, 3' would be better.