Square Foot Gardening

There is nothing better than picking a red ripe tomato or fresh herb from your square foot garden.

No need for pesticides because companion plantings like marigolds, keep the pests away. No hassle weeding. Just use two fingers to pluck them out. Watering is a snap.

Square Foot Gardening is only limited by your imagination. You don't need a lot of space either. If you have space limitation, use containers, like a 5 gallon bucket.

I purchased treated 2' x 8' wood at Home Depot. The garden sections were 4' x 8'. Less cutting means less work. See the pictures below.

Your soil is like a fine gourmet recipe. Stop at your local nursery and ask for help with your soil mixture. I also used the Square Foot Gardening book, below, as my resource.

If you have questions, ask around. Gardeners are a friendly bunch. Or e-mail us and we would love to help you.

In the fall you can add more organic matter like leaves or rich soil from your compost pile.

A benefit of square foot gardening is your seed beds are raised. Raised beds warm up faster in the spring.

Dress the top of each bed in the spring with a bag of organic fertilizer.

Work the organic material into the soil with a spade or fork.

Start dreaming of your garden this winter. Order seed catalogs now and start planning. If you're real ambitious, start your plants in the basement with artificial lights. That is a whole new lens to be published soon.

As the snow flakes fall, page through a seed catalog and start dreaming of your square foot garden this spring.

Happy Square Foot Gardening!

Curt and Kelly Wissink