I am going big and starting with lots of boxes. Here's how Im starting my square foot garden : I decided how big of an area I want to use, I am placing my SFG on the roof of my house, which I made sure received at least 8 hours of full sun. When you finish harvesting a square foot, add only compost and replant it with a new and different crop. Water by hand from a bucket of sun-warmed water. This means you wont waste seeds! The traditional way is to plant lots of seeds then cut off the majority and leave the strongest. Place transplants in a slight saucer-shaped depression. Plant only a pinch (2 or 3 seeds) per hole. Using this system, you can cram a lot of garden into a small space and still get excellent yields. You might, for example, plant a single tomato in a square, but you’d plant 16 carrots in another. Plant a different flower, vegetable, or herb crop in each square foot, using 1, 4, 9, or 16 plants per square foot.
This is how the soil stays so fluffy and airy for the roots stay happy. Make a permanent square foot grid for the top of each box. Fill boxes with Mel’s special soil mix: 1/3 blended compost (please please make your own! The compost sold in Kuwait is a little shady), 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 coarse vermiculite (All available in True Value). It makes it easier to walk and sit around the boxes, especially when your plants get really big and spill out of the boxes a little. Space boxes 3′ apart to form walking aisles.
Your existing soil doesn't matter! forget about it, and just worry about the new soil called Mel's Mix. Build boxes to hold a new soil mix above ground. Companion plants can help each other grow bigger and tastier!
Arrange your garden in squares, not rows. Here are the 10 things that make SFG different from traditional row gardening: It may come in downloadable PDF files too, if you search. Square foot gardening invented by the genius Mel Bartholomew! Learn more about it in his website, Or order his very very valuable book. Save time, water, work and money! I am following the square foot gardening method, and I'll be using it as a reference through out the blog.
Grow all you want and need in only 20% of the space of a conventional row garden. What is square foot gardening? A simple, unique and versatile system that adapts to all levels of experience, physical ability, and geographical location.
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