Written by Alex Darc Many people think that growing potatoes in your Square Foot Garden isn’t possible, but if you choose the right varieties you can have a successful potato crop. Mel made some great videos on how to grow potatoes in pots and grow bags, but we’re going to talk about how to grow ...
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Alternatives to Peat
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, ...
Hot Off The Press: Winter 2021 Square Foot Gardening Newsletter!
Let us be among the first to wish you a Happy New Year 2021! And if there was ever a year we’re glad to see end, it’s got to be 2020. It has been challenging, to say the least, and we know there is more to come. But we also know that as gardeners, we have all learned to be resilient. CLICK HERE ...
Why Become A Certified Instructor?
Written by Laura BartholomewDirector – Square Foot Gardening Foundation Is it time to think beyond your own backyard? This past year has had many of us thinking differently about so many things, for instance; where our food comes from, and how our children are being educated, balancing work and ...
Square Foot Gardening with Kids
Written By: Rick Bickling “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States One of the areas being emphasized in today’s schools is giving students the knowledge and skills to gather and evaluate information, and ...
Buying Seeds
Written By: Alex Darc It’s that time of year to start browsing seed catalogs and making your seed list for next year. So many decisions to make! So many seeds, and sellers, and so many kinds of seed to choose from. Where do you begin? First, the most important thing to do is to make ...
Giving Back
Written By: Rick Bickling “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill Mel Bartholomew began developing The Square Foot Gardening method relatively late in life, after he retired in the mid-1970’s, from his first career as an engineer. He was so ...
Square Foot Garlic
Written by: Alex Darc I love garlic and use quite a bit of it in my cooking. So I plant a lot of garlic. I also love that here in my Northeast garden, I can plant garlic in the Fall and forget about it until mid-late spring, and then just water and keep it weed free. And because Garlic grows ...
Why Not to Fertilize your Square Foot Garden
If you practiced conventional row gardening before you launched your Square Foot Gardening adventure, you may have a little voice in the back of your head that whispers, “Go ahead, add the fertilizer. You know you want to.” Resist the voice. We repeat — resist the voice; there is no need for any ...
All About Pruning Tomatoes
We’re all used to pruning plants like trees, shrubs, and flowering perennials, but tomatoes? If you’ve ever grown tomatoes in your vegetable garden, you know how easily they can take over their space with their jumbly growth. And with Square Foot Gardening, if a plant misbehaves and takes over its ...
