Why Choosing Square Foot Gardening

If you have a very limited garden site, feel unable to dig a large garden every year or simply do not feel like it you should probably seriously consider square foot gardening. The method does not require much space nor much energy and work but promises a rich yield.

The square foot gardening is a gardening method which bases on intensively planted garden on a small area. It also follows the concept of organic gardening, raised bed gardening and companion planting and includes a strong focus on compost. It is also  appropriate for poor soil areas because the original concept uses a fixed amount of soil in an open-bottomed box divided into several squares with a grid. Each square is planted with a different plant, while the number of plants in a single square depends on an individual plant’s size. Thus a single tomato plant takes the whole square.

Commonly is recommended a 4′ x 4′, 16 square feet garden divided into into about one foot square sections but you can determine the size of a square foot garden as well as the number and size of sections on your own.  Which plant is planted in which square is precisely determined because the method includes the concept of companion planting which claims that certain plants growing in close physical proximity assist each other in nutrient uptake, pollination, pest control, etc. and increase the crop productivity in a natural way.

The square foot gardening has several advantages in compare to the conventional gardening including less work due to light soil which is never stepped or compacted because the recommended size of a square foot garden enables convenient watering and harvesting from pathways, little weeding because of raised beds and light soil

and no need for use of pesticides because the companion planting provides a natural pest repellant method.