Square Foot Gardening. Mel's Mix is the perfect growing soil. Using square foot gardening, you can comfortably grow two cucumber plants per square foot.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A hobby gardener himself, he combined his city design and planning skills with his green thumb to come up with the ever-practical square foot garden. Press J to jump to the feed.
A square foot gardening planting guide (like my companion planting guide you can download right here) also will help you be successful with any layouts you design yourself, especially since not all vegetable plants play well together.
Simply follow the steps below and watch our simple videos to discover how to do it yourself.
A hobby gardener himself, he combined his city design and planning skills with his green thumb to come up with the ever-practical square foot garden. Square foot gardening, also known as SFG, is a garden planning method developed by American author Mel Bartholomew. It results in a simple and orderly gardening system, from which it draws much of its appeal.