Organic Square Foot Gardening

A new edition of the classic gardening handbook details a simple yet highly effective gardening system, based on a grid of one-foot by one-foot squares, that produces big yields with less space and with less work than with conventional row gardens. Reissue. 30,000 first printing.

This updated third edition of the best-selling gardening book in North America continues to inspire with planting charts, growing tips, and the know-how you need to grow more veggies than ever before. Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced by Mel Bartholomew in 1981, this revolutionary way to grow vegetables has helped millions of home gardeners enjoy their own organic, fresh produce in less space and with less work than traditional row gardens. New and experienced gardeners will love the charts, photos, illustrations, and how-to tips in All New Square Foot Gardening, 3rd Edition—including 42 veggie-specific planting, growing, and harvesting guides—that make growing your own food fun, easy, and productive. Perfect for experienced gardeners or beginners, you’ll learn the three simple steps to Square Foot Gardening: build a box; fill it with Mel’s Mix™; add a grid. No digging, no tilling, no fertilizing, no guesswork—less watering, waste, and weeding! There’s so much more packed in this 272-page instructional book—boost your organic vegetable harvest with inspiring how-tos such as: Adding trellises and archways to grow up and maximize your space Installing automatic watering systems Growing vegetables in dense urban areas with little or no yard Feeding your veggies the organic way with Mel’s Mix™ Teaching STEM to kids with Square Foot Gardening—perfect for little hands Protecting your plants with shade and frost covers Managing pests in the garden with natural methods Join the millions of gardeners around the world who grow their own organic, fresh produce with Square Foot Gardening, and make next season your best veggie harvest ever.

An environmentalist's dream. A journey to the perfect organic garden!In densely populated urban areas, square-foot gardening has become a method adopted by gardeners with very little space. But even if you have a larger space, utilizing this planting technique will help increase your garden's yield. It's a pretty straightforward method and one that works well. It also makes for an attractive, organized vegetable garden.If you've never used square foot gardening now is a great time to learn! Anyone can do it and this book makes learning square foot gardening a breeze. I've been using square foot gardening now for over 20 years. I thought I'd write this book to share some of my knowledge with the world. I have always had a passion for gardening and I hope you will learn to love it as much as I do after reading this book.What you will learn:•The benefit of square-foot gardening •Designing your square foot garden•Building your own raised beds •The kind of soil to use•Lay outing•Choosing the right plants•Basic plant care Not everyone with a green thumb has the luxury of a farm. So let us have a better understanding in maximizing the amount of crops that can be grown in lesser space.What are you waiting for? Get a copy now and start building your very own organic garden!

"Square foot gardening is an approach to growing flowers, vegetables, and herbs that requires only 20% of the space required to produce the same yield from a traditional garden. Most people aren't willing to give up their whole backyard just to grow a garden. This is why the Square Foot style has become so popular. People who would only have been able to grow one or two things using traditional methods can now grow a cornucopia of fresh, organic veggies and still have plenty of room for a patio and maybe even a pool! This guide will show you how to make the best use of your space with raised beds, plant density, and a few super-secret ninja planting techniques"--Back cover.

Adapted from the U.S. bestseller All New Square Foot Gardening, this new edition applies the proven principles of square foot gardening to the European growing environment. The entire book has been converted to the metric system, but the adaptations go much deeper than that. We consulted the finest gardening editors in Great Britain for the conversion of author Mel Bartholomew’s classic guide, and they made sure that all of the inputs and outputs described in this book are sensible for the European market. Plant selections have been adjusted for British and Northern European climates and growing seasons; even the language has been Anglicized to communicate in a precise and natural way with European gardeners. This is the world’s most fail-safe method for growing produce at home, and now it is finally available for consumption outside of the United States. Vegetables, cutting flowers, and landscape plants can all be grown with amazing results (and virtually no weeding) using the square metre approach. There is a reason that the U.S. editions of this book have sold more than two million copies: metre or foot, the method works.

ORGANIC SQUARE FOOT GARDENING SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN: THE SECRET GUIDE TO ORGANIC SQUARE FOOT GARDENING ABOUT THE BOOK: ORGANIC SQUARE FOOT GARDENING With this book you will learn all about organic square foot gardening! Rapidly becoming one of the more popular methods of gardening not only in America but in the world, organic square foot gardening allows you to keep a supply of crops and vegetables in your home, takes up much less space and maintenance time than a larger, more traditional garden. In this book, you will learn: 1.What is organic square foot gardening? That's the very first question answered in this book! 2.How can you build a square foot garden in your home or property with your own resources? An entire chapter in this book is dedicated just to the specifics of that! 3.How big is an organic square foot garden and how can I take care of it? There are many different sizes of square foot gardens and they're all answered within this book! 4.What are all of the different types of plants that you can put in a square foot garden? As you'll find out, the different types of plants and crops that you can put in a square foot garden vary entirely by season, and we'll go exactly into the reasons why. 5.Seeds? Of course, planting seeds is the most vital element of any garden. This book will go into how you can properly care and store for seeds, as well as how to properly plant them in an organic square foot garden for the most beautiful plants. 6.Is organic square foot gardening the right option for me? If you are worried about the cons of organic square foot gardening, an entire chapter of this book will weigh the advantages vs. the disadvantages and discuss them in detail. 7.What are some less known tips about organic square foot gardening? We've got that covered as well! A PREVIEW TO ORGANIC SQUARE FOOT GARDENING: What exactly is Square Foot Gardening? Garden Size Plant Size and Care Seeds Is Square Foot Gardening Right For You? Final Tips Start Getting the Benefits of Organic Square Foot Gardening!! Grab this book today! You can read on your Kindle, PC, MAC, Smart Phone, or Tablet! For less than a cup of coffee you can buy a book that could change your life for the better..... Simply scroll up and click the BUY button to instantly download Organic Square Foot Gardening: Learn the Secrets of Growing Organic Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs in Less Space Tags: Gardening, Square foot gardening, square foot

Not everyone who wants to grow fresh organic vegetables and herbs has a big enough space for a traditional garden. Organic Square Foot Gardening is here to teach you how to grow the garden of your dreams in tiny spaces! Square foot gardening (which also includes straw bale gardening, windowsill gardening, and raised-bed gardening) is an approach to growing fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers in remarkably small spaces. Most people aren't willing to give up their whole back yard for a garden. This is why the Square Foot style has become so popular -- people with limited space can now grow a cornucopia of fresh, organic plants and still keep plenty of yard or patio space. You will learn about: *The advantages of different types of windowsill, straw bale, and square-foot gardening *Selecting the right materials for building your garden (you won't believe some of the innovative ideas!) *How to choose the right plants *How to lay out your ideal garden for maximum yield *Nurturing organic soil *Planting and tending tips that can make or break your season *Organic weed control *Mulching, watering, pest and disease control, companion plant considerations, and lots more! Square foot gardening makes it possible for anyone with a little bit of space to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and even fruit. If you are itching to get your hands in the dirt and grow your own healthy, organic produce, pick up this essential guide to planting things and watching them grow - no matter how small your available space is!

A visual guide to vegetable ripeness helps readers decide the perfect time to pick or buy produce, along with information on storage and ripening.