Garden

(3-31-2011)

Here is a before shot of my square foot garden:

4' X 8' raised garden bed

New to Square Foot Gardening? It is a method of gardening that is supposed to minimize your effort and maximize your produce in minimal space. Instead of rows (great for mass-production & commercialization) you use a 4' X 4' garden system: 1 square foot per type of plant. For example: tomato plants should be planted 12 inches apart, so in the center of 1 square foot, you have 1 tomato plant. Beets should be planted 4 inches apart, so a 3X3 arrangement of 9 beet plants in 1 square foot.

Interested?

More info HERE.
Amazon sells the book All New Square Foot Gardening HERE.

Also love the book Carrots Love Tomatoes book about companion planting.
(More info on companion planting HERE.)
(Amazon sells the book HERE.)

And since I'm telling you all my gardening secrets (Ha.), I'm also trying out The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control sold HERE on Amazon.