How to Grow More Vegetables

cu

ft buckets inch

30 lb and up 180 lb and up

4

cu

ft

6 five-gallon

buckets

½

inch 60 lb and up 360 lb and up

Notes: Application of 1 cu ft/100 sq ft is not sufficient to prevent minerals from
leaching out because the soil will likely lack sufficient organic matter (unless the
organic matters were originally high).
Compost production will likely increase as a system operates over time and the
gardener becomes more adept and experienced and soil conditions improve.
Ecology Action’s research shows that very few systems on the average will be able to
produce more than 4 cu ft/100 sq ft sustainably. A sustainable mini-farm will apply the
compost created from the system that is available.

Most Area Efficient Most Weight Efficient

Leeks (6.6 beds) Garlic (3.6 lbs)

Garlic (10.8 beds) Sweet potatoes (5.0 lbs)

Parsnips (10.8 beds) Salsify (6.5 lbs)

Sweet Potatoes (11.2 beds) Potatoes (6.7 lbs)

Salsify (11.8 beds) Jerusalem Artichokes (7.0 lbs)

Potatoes (12.2 beds) Parsnips (7.1 lbs)

Jerusalem Artichokes (12.3 beds) Leeks (8.7 lbs)

To be considered in Vegetable Category

Area Efficient but Not Weight

Efficient

Weight Efficient but Not Area

Efficient