The “ Edgardo Cedar Raised Garden” is a great choice (along with a bunch of others there). In case you don’t have the time to build your own planter box, we have found a good selection of raised garden beds at Wayfair. Great square foot garden tips there as well! Here is a view of how ‘ Our Daily Legacy‘ marked out their grid garden. The terraced planters are space savers too!
We love this take on square foot gardening below from ‘ Art and Appetite‘. It is simply a guide for you to know where to plant. You can do this with stakes and string, wood slats, or simply decorative stones to mark the “lines”. Remember, if you decide to amend the soil beneath the box, use the same soil mix as you do to fill the garden planter. It will compact, and not provide a healthy base for your plants. However, I have had luck with any good quality planting mix. Hardcore square foot gardeners will suggest that a blend of 1/3 compost, 1/3 vermiculite and 1/3 peat is the best mix. If you choose to amend the soil below the box, it will allow your roots to grow deeper into healthy soil and be more drought resistant, however.įill the box with a lightweight planting mix. Basically, that means it does not matter what kind of soil is below the box. Since this will be a raised garden technique and the plants grow quickly in a short season, you won’t need more than one foot square of soil per plant. You can build and grow a square foot garden right on top of even hard clay soil.Ĭonvinced? Here are the easy steps to square foot gardening success!.Having the plants close together allows you to spot and treat pest infestations easily.The plants are healthier due to crop rotation that happens though the natural progression of the squares, and better air circulation.It looks more attractive, and less chaotic than the typical veggie garden.Fertilizing becomes easier, and less is used, again because of the controlled space.Weeds are easy to control in square foot gardening, as they are in a controlled space, with lightweight soil and are easily accessible.Watering is more direct, therefore you waste less.Instead of sowing seeds thickly though out a row, you only need 2-3 seeds per square to grow one plant that doesn’t need the thinning that rows require.You can grow a lot more in a much smaller space with this intensive planting method.
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