Spacing in Square Foot Raised Bed Gardens

I experimented with square foot gardening in raised beds last year, and really like it! What follows is a summary from Mel Bartholomew's "All New Square Foot Gardening" for when you're planning your garden, plus some input from me:

• Asparagus - plant 1 or 4 in one square foot - depends on the type.
• Beans (bush) - plant 9 per square foot. Stagger plantings since they are usually all ready to harvest at once.
• Beans (pole) - plant 8 per square foot but against support (trellis, fence, etc.) is recommended
• Broccoli - plant 1 per square foot because they really need the room. Stagger plantings so that you won't have 4 all ready at once!
• Cabbage - plant 1 per square foot. See Broccoli.
• Carrot - plant 16 per square foot - sometimes I can get 22+ per square foot, and eat the thinnings - yum!
• Cauliflower - plant 1 per square foot. See Broccoli.
• Corn - plant 4 per square foot if you aren't doing a Three Sisters. Be sure to plant in blocks to get good wind fertilization.
• Cucumber (bush) - plant 2 per square foot.
• Cucumber (pole) - plant 4 per square foot, up against something to climb against, like a trellis or fence.
• Eggplant - plant 1 per square foot (unless you buy a "container" eggplant which takes up less room - you can do 2 per square foot then).
• Greens/Lettuce - 4 per square foot, unless you prefer micro-greens (very young greens shoots), then you can go 16 per square foot.
• Melon - 1 per 2 square foot but I prefer to plant them on the edge of a bed and let them roam all over. These can be very long vines, and need lots of space. Never plant in the middle of your raised bed - you'll never find your other plants!
• Okra - plant 1 per square foot (unless it's a plant bred for containers, then 2 per square foot will work).
• Onion (bunching/scallions) - plant 16 per square foot (never near beans!)
• Parsley - plant 4 per square foot.
• Pea (sugar snap) - plant 8 per square foot.
• Pepper (bell or hot) - plant 1 per square foot.
• Potato (white/baking) - plant 4 per square foot (we'll deal with these later!).
• Radish - plant 16 per square foot.
• Spinach - plant 9 per square foot.
• Squash (summer/bush) - plant 1 per square foot (my zucchini last year took up a bit more than a square foot, as did my yellow crookneck).
• Squash (winter/vining) - includes pumpkin, butternut, etc. - plant 1 per 2 square feet - see Melon.
• Strawberry - plant 4 per square foot.
• Swiss Chard - plant 4 per square foot.
• Tomato - 1 per square foot - all tomatoes should be caged and supported which will maximize your space

Hope this gets you started!