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How to make an easy square-foot garden you can put anywhere! Follow step-by-step instructions and learn how to build, fill, mark, and plant your very ...
First, make a scale drawing of your garden - a 4"x4" box in a piece of paper. Grid it off every inch so you have 16 little squares inside of 1 big sq...
Now, comes time to do the math. In Virginia, lettuce leaf should be planted 3-6" apart in rows and 12-18" between rows. That means you will only be ab...
Now you need to get your supplies. This is what you'll need. - 4 1"x8"x4' wood beams - wood screws - screw driver - string - organic gardening ...
Screw the boards together so they make a 4'x4' box. Pretty self-explanitory! Then, lay the box where you want the garden to be.
With your square-foot garden, you don't want chemicals from any surface ir weeds and grass underneath the garden getting in your garden, so I laid car...
Put your gardening soil on top of the carboard so the top of the soil comes about 1/2" to the top of the wooden box.
On each side, use a tape measurer to make the 1' pionts on each side. Tap in a small nail at each point. Take some string that can withstand the wea...
Plant your veggies at the time the internet tells you in the box you've planned in your scale drawing. Remember to plant the tall plans (like tomato...
Your square foot garden should last several years without changing the soil, just by adding new fresh organic soil or compost. Water lightly, like ra...
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