Lessons
Mel Bartholomew developed the square foot gardening method in direct reaction to watching how Americans garden. He analyzed problems and found a way...
Why was Square Foot Gardening Developed?
Key Features of the Square Foot Garden
Special Practices in the Square Foot Garden
Bibliography
Lesson 2: Designing Your Square Foot Garden
Designing a garden requires making several decisions: size and layout of garden, location of the garden, soil and drainage considerations. The...
Garden Location
Design and Build Your Garden
Prepare Your Soil
Further Information on Soil Preparation
Bibliography
Lesson 3: Plants
Choosing the plants to grow may be your most significant problem when switching to square foot gardening. Fortunately, we have many dwarf size...
Growing Your Own Versus Buying Plants
Determine Plant Spacing
Transplanting
Watering
Scheduling Crops
Bibliography
Lesson 4: Applying the Square Foot Gardening Principles in to Other Garden Styles
The square foot garden is adaptable to many types of specialized gardening. Many people live in homes with very small yards. If you are in a...
Enabling Gardens
Specialty Gardens
End of Season Journaling
Bibliography
