Raised bed Twilight Zone... spooky

shandypants5

This weekend I decided to make a couple of raised beds in my garden to grow veg in.

I got 2 lengths of wood 14 feet long and cut them so that I had 4 peices 4 foot long, and 4 pieces 3 feet long.

So this gave me a choice.
I could either make two identical beds 4 by 3 feet.
Or
I could make one bed 4 by 4, then another 3 by 3.

Now the weiiiirrrd part.

if you divide the areas into 1 foot squares (for square foot gardening)
I get stange results.

The 3x4 beds are 12 square feet and theres 2 of them, so thats 24 square feet in total.

BUT.... the 4x4 is 16 square feet and the 3x3 is 9 square feet.

So that gives me 25 square feet...:eek:

An EXTRA foot of space from NOWHERE!!!!!!!!


My question is this.

Does this extra square actually exist, and if not what can I grow in it.;)

shandypants5

I think my thread has fallen into the twilight zone too..

shandypants5

ok I getit....no one is interested....:(

Nomad25

:rotfl: My brain hurts now!

real1314

If you'd just cut each piece in half you could have had a 7 by 7 bed = 49 sq feet.

shandypants5

real1314 wrote: »

If you'd just cut each piece in half you could have had a 7 by 7 bed = 49 sq feet.

Yeah but didnt want to go bigger than 4x4 so I can reach the middle without standing on the soil.

But your right, I would have got a lot more area for my money.

shandypants5

OMG, I have just discovered that if I had bent the planks round and made a 28 foot circle, the soil area would have been 62.388737692022985 square feet.

I feel a bit robbed now with just 25 feet of planting area.:rolleyes:

Nomad25

stop now ... please, before I embarass myself.