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 ...
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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 ...
THE MAGIC OF MEL’S MIX™
Let’s say you gather all your materials to build a Square Foot garden and take the time to construct your grids. Then let’s say you opt to fill those beds with ordinary garden soil, maybe even mixed with some good compost. What do you think your odds are of having a thriving Square Foot Garden? The ...
Celebrate National Salad Month!
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 you to grow your own ...
