The words "square foot garden" have earned buzzworthy status. Lately, we've been hearing them everywhere, and are thinking of putting the idea into practice at our apartment.
Square foot gardening, invented by Mel Bartholomew (of Austin!), is a highly efficient gardening method that produces a bigger harvest than conventional row or container gardening. Instead of traditional raised beds, square foot gardening utilizes a 4x4-foot box divided with a grid system. Because of the grid system, and the idea of planting a specific number of plants in each grid (to create a smaller grid), the risk of overcrowding is null.
My mom just lent me this book to read for my future garden. This is always what I knew a garden to look like, since this is how my moms was growing up. Obviously the book has a new cover, but its still very informative.
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i read this book least year & have been waiting for spring to build my planter boxes! the methods seem simple, so hopefully it works!
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i have two 4x4s square foot gardens the roof of my apartment, its wonderful we barely need tobuy any vegetables during the summer and I nly spend about 10 minutes a day tending it. I can't recommend it enough.
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