Okay, here's my first attempt at the ol' square foot thing. It's about 2/3s done. I got tired of trying to amend the solid clay around here, so I built a bunch of 11" high boxes out of scrap Ipe hardwood I had left over from many deck projects. At $5 a lineal ft for 5/4x6, I may have the most expensive SFG boxes in the world! A 4' x 12' box has $320 of wood in it! The stuff has been sitting outside my shop for so long, I couldn't sell it, so into the boxes they go.

I got everything planted on time, but we have been having some crazy early hot spells here in central NJ. My arugula and radishes have already bolted! Before June! That's never happened before. I guess a combination of the weather and the boxes heating up faster than the earth caused it. Thankfully, I did enjoy a few salads. Also, my early potatoes have already flowered! Not a good start for cool weather veggies. Pic of bolting radishes below.

Potato flowers below. Should I pinch them and hope for cooler weather? I've never grown potatoes before.

On the upside, the heat lovers like tomatoes, cukes, melons, etc. are doing well.

Happy gardening!