We are going to try a new gardening method this summer. We have very heavy clay soil and it makes gardening a challenge. It is simpler to fill the raised beds with the type of soil you want then trying amend a large garden plot among other benefits. The question I was having was how many raised beds do I need?
I could find a lot of information on the spacing of plants in raised beds. I found information on how many square feet per plant was needed. I could find information on the number of plants per person to plant. What I couldn’t find was a place that combined all the information in one place. So I put together a tool that does.
The simplest way to use the tool is to change the number of people in your family down in the bottom left. The tools will spit out the number of 4’x8′ raised beds you will need to build. The tool also allows you to make customizations.
The next two fields to the right of the number of people are for the size of the raised beds you would like to build. You can enter the width and length of your beds. Once those are changed it will automatically adjust the number of raised beds you will need.
If your family has certain vegetables you really like and some that you really don’t care for you can adjust the number of plants per person to plant. These changes will also all change the number of raised beds automatically. When planting in a raised bed you can generally be more aggressive with the spacings on your plants. The numbers on the tool are taking that into account. You could also adjust those if you would like. The spacing is done in inches.
I hope this tool is useful to you. If you would like to add a different vegetable to the tool, please let me know and I will get it added. You can just leave it down in the comments down below. I would also like to know any feedback or results you have when using the tool. Once again please leave them down in the comments below.
