Gardens come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny pots on a kitchen windowsill filled with herbs to an intensively planned backyard that provides enough produce to feed a family of four. Despite what the internet may tell you, there is no perfect bug-free, weed-free, one-size-fits-all solution, so we’ve consulted three gardening experts about their methods of choice to help you pick which is best suited for your personal gardening goals. Let’s play in the dirt—with delicious results.
Square Foot Gardening
(Courtesy of Taylor Kurtz/ Annabel’s Victory Garden, Matt Powers, the Food for Everyone Foundation)
The Expert: Taylor Kurtz’s lifelong love of gardening and his need to share his passion with others started when he helped his father grow vegetables on 4 acres in the Catskill Mountains. In 2018, he started Taylored Solutions to provide gardening and carpentry services to New York’s Hudson Valley, with a side mission to help families grow their own vegetables. In the spring of 2020, he worked with not-for-profit Philmont Beautification Inc. to build Annabel’s Victory Garden in Philmont, New York. He has since become a Certified Instructor for the Square Foot Gardening Method and helped many families start gardens and build fences in their own backyards. He is currently working with Philmont Beautification Inc. to develop a “Grow at Home” program that will help low-income families create Square Foot Gardens in their backyards….