All New Square Foot Gardening

Mel Bartholomew’s new book updates his square foot gardening techniques for the next generation of vegetable gardeners.

Would you like to grow 100 percent of your harvest in only 20 percent of the garden space ?

Then you need to plant asquare foot garden .

Square fundament horticulture , made democratic by Mel Bartholomew in the 1980s , is making a big comeback in a pocket-sized style - a little garden way , that is .

The best - selling author , nurseryman and locomotive engineer , began promoting his idea for small - space horticulture that win over trillion of gardeners to try his simple method . The key to gardening success is slim the size of it of the garden and planting in hearty foot sections .

In his raw Word of God , All New Square Foot Gardening(Cool Springs Press 2013),Bartholomewexpands on his original ideas about straight foot gardening that admit 10 major improvement designed to make vegetable garden more productive and easy to manage , while reducing the costs of horticulture , too .

One of the improvements promote a change in placement . The author excuse that a boxed in garden takes up less space , so it can be placed nigher to the house . A great tip is to place several boxes throughout the yard for more tractableness in what you plant and where .

Perhaps you ’ll want to make a smaller planting box that can be a tabletop or portable garden .

Bartholomew has a nurseryman ’s sense of humor when he mouth about “ a novel idea , do n’t waste semen . ” In this section he provides some raw thoughts on planting just a pinch of seed in each planting square and then thinning by using scissor grip to clip off all but the impregnable flora .

The young edition includes everything a nurseryman ask to get started with a satisfying foot gardening system . Bartholomew has delicately - tuned the way of life to build at 4 x 4 square foot garden box seat and how to lay out the grids to help envision the garden .

He encourages gardener to guess inside the loge and grow in only 6 inches of dirt , without the need for fertilizer . There ’s no need to improve the live dirt , if you start with a double-dyed soil mix from the beginning using only three ingredients , he explains .

In addition to a over guide to building and implant square foot gardens , the book feature section on how to extend the gardening season , how to adapt to special gardens and gardener , and an appendix filled with entropy on what to grow and how to grow it .

I care I would have had Bartholomew ’s new book in hand when I started my first vegetable garden . So many more refreshing vegetables , with so much less operose body of work .

My free review copy of “ All New Square Foot Gardening ” was supply by Cool Springs Press .

Fine Gardening recommend Products

ARS Telescoping Long Reach Pruner

Fine Gardening receives a commission for point buy through links on this internet site , include Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs .

Bonide Captain Jack ’s Neem Oil , 32 oz Ready - to - Use Spray , Multi - Purpose Fungicide , Insecticide and Miticide for Organic horticulture

A.M. Leonard Deluxe Soil Knife & Leather Sheath Combo

Get our latest crown , how - to clause , and instructional videos sent to your inbox .

Signing you up …

Is Square Foot Gardening a Good System?

Basics of Square Foot Gardening

Square Foot Gardening Resources

DIY Square Foot Garden Planting Templates

Join Fine Gardening for a free enlist bouncy webinar featuring Dr. Janna Beckerman , a renowned plant pathologist as well as prof emerita at Purdue University and the ornamental technological manager …

When I tell apart a particular sand clam cactus ( Astrophytum asterias ) at the Philadelphia Flower Show a few month ago , I know I was in trouble . With a delightful color pattern …

When we only prioritize plants we need over plant life our landscape needs , each season is filled with a never - end list of chores : pruning , pinch , lacrimation , treating , amending , and fertilizing , with …

Mel Bartholomew’sAll New Square Foot Gardeningguide includes 10 major improvements to his original square foot gardening method.Photo/Illustration: Cool Springs Press

Video

Touring an Eco-friendly, Shady Backyard Retreat

You must be careful when you enter the backyard of garden designer Jeff Epping — not because you ’re probable to jaunt on something , but because you might be dive - bombed by a yoke …