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Would you rather make your garden the size of your house or your house the size of your garden?

 
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Would you rather make your garden the size of your house or your house the size of your garden?

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This one is a thinker for me.

I really love a variety of gardens with different designs and purposes. Put all together, I think the footprint would be much larger than my house currently.

I suppose I am going to go with having a house the size of my gardens. I don't want to limit my growing space anytime soon.

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Yeah, like Tim, I wouldn't want to shrink my garden, so I guess I'll have to grow my house! (Can someone come dust for me?)
 
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Due to circumstances beyond my control... my garden is only 100sqft. That would be pretty hard to pull off, even as a tiny home. So I'm going to pick making my garden the size of my house.

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My (large) garden is just slightly larger than my (small) house, and I think this proportion is just about perfect for me right now. Small house means less time cleaning, more time outside getting dirty!!

(I can't wait til I can have a MUCH larger garden than house)
 
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Nope, my gardens are way way bigger and since I spend most of my time outdoors, that's the way I want it to stay
 
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Oddly, they are about the same size.

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I think they are about the same size now? This question does not make sense to me. I would like to expand my garden and shrink my house, if that is what this is about.

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Mk Neal wrote:I think they are about the same size now? This question does not make sense to me. I would like to expand my garden and shrink my house, if that is what this is about.



Less cleaning and more weeding!

I am actually thinking of cutting an 8x8 section out of my 850 square foot house in the middle of the south side, but keeping the roof overhang
 
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Perhaps this was not the best crowd. I was thinking about a decent sized house, say 1500-2500 sqft house, and a smaller garden say 500-800sqft.

But alot of you already have a garden as big or bigger than your house.

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Matt McSpadden wrote:Perhaps this was not the best crowd. I was thinking about a decent sized house, say 1500-2500 sqft house, and a smaller garden say 500-800sqft.

But alot of you already have a garden as big or bigger than your house.



Not the best crowd 😂

500-800 sqft can provide a huge quantity of food, so feel good!!

Sure, for a family of say, a dozen or more, that's a decent sized house ;-)

But in terms of how much space I need to heat in winter: 1/3-1/2 is more than enough. I do a summer kitchen and prepare any veggies outdoors 3 seasons where the rinse water goes straight back in the garden.

Granted, I have tons of outdoor storage -- galvanized cans galore, shipping containers....
 
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My house is too big, and my garden, too small. So, if I have to choose, I'd go with a much bigger garden. Matt, you'll have to send me help to take care of them, though!🤣

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