Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Square Foot Gardening!

Hello foxy readers,
     I am Crunchy Fox.  I am on a mission to make our lives and our pockets a little "greener."



Recently I was talking with some friends about square foot gardening.  I had never really read about it or even considered doing it.  But, after talking with my friends and reading about it I am convinced it is a good idea.  We will be doing a square foot garden this spring in our yard. I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may be asking yourself ..... " what the heck is she talking about?"  So, here is some information I found that might help explain this awesome concept.

Square foot gardening is originated by Mel Bartholomew.  To purchase his book click here!



What is square foot gardening?  
Well, it is an easy way to grow your very own garden by basically building a box with a grid.  It saves time, water, work, and money.





(Earth friendly tip: find free left over wood at construction sites to build your box out of.  If they're gonna trash it you may as well create something useful out of it!)

Why?
It can be done in a small 4 foot by 4 foot area, no fertilizers are necessary, can be started during any season, produces 5 times the harvest than your typical garden, and the best part of using this gardening method you do no weeding, no thinning, no heavy digging and best of all it's a money saver. 




Watch a video about square foot gardening tips for February . . . .  CLICK HERE!


Starting your square foot garden:

- Pick a location that gets at least 6-8 hours of sunshine daily.

- Follow the basics: Layout your garden in squares. Build boxes to hold a new soil mix above ground. 

- Place boxes 3' apart to form walking aisles. Fill boxes with Mel's special soil mix: 1/3 blended compost, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 coarse vermiculite. Make a permanent square foot grid for the top of each box. NEVER walk on your growing soil. Select something different for each square foot. Plant. Water. Harvest.

- build a box, fill with Mel's Mix, add a grid. THATS IT!



This sounds like a fun and easy way to garden.  I will post pictures this spring when we make our square foot garden. 



Put a little crunch in your day!
"Crunchy Fox"






Resources: www.squarefootgardening.com











1 comment:

  1. LOVE IT! I actually have had that book for probably 5 years. Notice how there's still not a garden in my backyard :( Maybe you can jump the fence and help me build mine, too!

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