Written by Alex Darc Sadly, peat is a slow growing, natural resource that hasn’t always been well managed, and in many places has been seriously depleted, leaving negative effects on the environment. Many gardeners are looking for a peat alternative. Mel’s Mix is a carefully chosen, ...
Mel's Mix
Square Foot Gardening
All staff and faculty inservice event for Concordia College, Moorhead , MN. A 50 minute presentation on the basics of Square Foot Gardening by Certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor Brian Fuder of Square Foot Gardening for the Red River Valley. ...
How to Make Your Own Compost
Compost is a huge part of Square Foot Gardening. It makes up 1/3 of Mel's Mix™ by volume and provides most of the nutrients your growing plants need. You could, in fact, call compost the "Duct Tape" of the garden because it does practically everything. Compost: Contains nutrientsHelps ...
Do you have to replace Mel’s Mix™?
We had an interesting question come in to the Square Foot Gardening Foundation recently and thought it would be helpful for everyone. “Does one ever need to change out the soil mix (Mel’s Mix) in the containers completely? How does one amend the soil each year?” This is a great question ...
Hot off the Press! Spring 2019 Square Foot Gardening Newsletter
Each quarter we publish a newsletter that's full of helpful Square Foot Gardening info. Our Spring 2019 newsletter shares our tips for making Mel's Mix™, how to grow cucumbers and tomatoes in your SFG, and includes a free planting chart from our new book, as well as much more. Click here to ...
Composting with Kitchen Scraps
We all know that one of the integral components of Mel's Mix™ is compost, and we recommend using several different types of compost if you buy it, but you can also make your own. (You can make your own and mix it with purchased compost, as well. Tip: if you purchase compost to use, make sure that ...
Winter Square Foot Gardening Tips
Can you grow things in your Square Foot Garden when it looks like this outside: Yes you can! We caught up with Certified Instructor Jim Teahan from Utah for his tips. As you can see from his covered garden, pictured above, he deals with some serious weather. Here what he recommends for winter ...
All New Square Foot Gardening, 3rd Edition Coming Fall 2018
With over 2.5 million copies in print, the Square Foot Gardening books are among the most popular gardening books ever published. The Foundation, working with publisher Cool Springs Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing, has created a revised and expanded edition, All New Square Foot Gardening: ...
Our Method
The Square Foot Gardening method saves gardeners time, effort, tools, space and water. Schools across the nation and international humanitarian groups around the world are using the Square Foot Gardening method making inroads against poverty and hunger. The Square Foot Gardening method is estimated ...
