How to Square Foot Garden, Make The Most Out of Your Limited Space

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

We like to organize our backyard garden in square feet. This allows the gardener to plant vegetables in a highly organized fashion. First step is to choose a garden size. I like to make a 4 foot by 4 foot garden. You will cut 4 48" pieces of 2x8 lumber, join them together to make a square. Mark off 1 foot marks from each corner, and add a screw at each point on the top. Tie a piece of string and wrap it around all the screws that were placed on the boards to form small 1 foot squares. You should have a cross hatched line with 16 squares. On one of the side we add a 4 ft section of lattice work, and plant vine vegetables there. I plant vine tomatoes, squashes, and yes spaghetti squash, it WILL grow up and the vine will support itself.
Step 2

So we will draw a grid and layout of our garden on paper, say for instance, peppers in one square, broccoli in another and so on. The dimensions of our garden allow for easy maintenance from all sides, for tasks such as weeding, etc..
Our soil we will use is a mixture of Compost, vermiculite, and peat moss, all equal portions.
Step 3

Take 2 10' sections of plastic tubing criss cross in the center and this creates a bow to create a skeleton to lay plastic over it to protect from frost. Water regularly and enjoy your garden

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