Garden Fresh Salad It’s May, and you know what that means — it’s National Salad Month! Well, you may have not known this foodie-inspired piece of trivia, but we sure did, and we’re ready to celebrate! Here at the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, we’re naturally inclined to prefer and encourage ...
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Hot Off the Press! Spring 2020 SFG Newsletter
We're excited to show you the Spring 2020 Square Foot Gardening newsletter! It is full of ideas about what to plant, inspirational pictures, recipes, contests, videos, and more! Click Here to Read & Subscribe ...
All About Seeds
One of the biggest advantages to Square Foot Gardening is the fun and efficient use of seeds. You can start most of your veggies from seed, avoid the wasteful “thinning out” of seedlings associated with traditional row gardening, and participate in the full life cycle of your food from seed to ...
Square Foot Gardening with Kids
So you’re at home with the kids for, well, who knows how long? You know you need to plan some fun and hopefully educational things for them to do. What if you could do an activity with them that would teach them a myriad of life skills, benefit the entire family, and be loads of fun in the process? ...
What is compost and why is it an important part of Square Foot Gardening?
https://youtu.be/2NztZRuM9Ys Compost is one of three ingredients in Mel's Mix™, the recommended growing mix for Square Foot Gardeners. All compost is not created equal, though! Learn about what compost is, what's in it, and why it is so important to Mel's Mix™. Watch now >> ...
What is Mel’s Mix™?
https://youtu.be/NV0SjD50I2o What is Mel's Mix™ and why is it such an important part of Square Foot Gardening? Join the How Do Gardener, Rick Bickling as he explains what's in Mel's Mix™, and how it helps your plants grow. Watch Video >> ...
Bagged Vs. Homemade Compost
Bagged Compost You’re starting your Square Foot Garden — hooray! A huge part of the SFG method is using Mel’s Mix™ (1/3 coarse vermiculite, 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 blended compost) as your growing medium, rather than using garden soil. So, when it comes time to adding the compost, you might have ...
Available Now: Spanish Language Handouts
The Square Foot Gardening Method is taught and implemented throughout the world. To help educate SFGers and to provide helpful resources for our Certified Instructors, we now have translated two of our most used quick reference sheets into Spanish. Download the 10 Basics and 8 Steps of Square Foot ...
Planning for a Continuous Harvest
Unlike traditional single-row gardening where everything in that row is ready to harvest at the same time, with Square Foot Gardening we plan ahead so that we have a continuous harvest of fresh lettuce all the time—never too much or too little. Well, at least until it gets too hot to grow. Take a ...
How to Host a Seed Swap
National Seed Swap Day is traditionally the last Saturday of January, but can take place any time that make sense where you live. That could be early March in northern climates or late fall in the South. Seed swaps are great for meeting other gardeners in your area and giving and receiving seeds ...
