Square Foot Planting Guide

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.

Adapted from the 2-million-copy U.S. bestseller All New Square Foot Gardening, this new edition brings the proven principles, easy system and guaranteed outcomes to British gardeners. Thoroughly redesigned and converted to the metric system, plant selections have been adjusted for British and Northern European climates and growing seasons. The language has been Anglicized to communicate in a precise and natural way with British gardeners, while still retaining the inspirational 'can-do' attitude that has made Mel Bartholomew such a gardening phenomenon in his home country. Particularly suited for beginners, or those with poor soil, this is the perfect system for getting huge yields in a small space.

Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables is a practical guide that answers the age-old question for gardeners: How do you know when a fruit or vegetable is ripe? Square Foot Gardening is the most popular alternate gardening method in the world, and this new title is a terrific addition to the SFG family. Growing Perfect Vegetables gets to the root of what every gardener wants: perfect produce, and lots of it. Whether you grow in a Square Foot Garden, a straw bale garden, containers, or a traditional garden plot, you'll be happy to have this helpful garden book so you can approach harvest time with confidence, not apprehension. Because even the most experienced homegrowers get a little nervous when harvest time comes around. In Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables, you’ll find hundreds of beautiful photos that show you exactly how produce should look when perfectly ripe, and ready for picking and buying. It even includes some tips and clues to help you interpret what your plants are trying to tell you about the fruit they are bearing. Written under the direction of The Mel Bartholomew Foundation, named for the inventor of Square Foot Gardening, this handy book provides crucial information, including optimal planting and harvesting times for more than 60 fruits and vegetables, along with the many high resolution photos of perfectly ripe produce.

DK brings you an all-encompassing horticultural handbook to fulfil your every leaf and legume in just 3 square feet! Grow All You Can Eat in Three Square Feet is an inspiring and innovative guide to maximizing even the smallest of gardening space so you can grow delicious fruit and vegetables, in abundance, at home! This must-have manual showcases a multitude of plots and inspirational ideas to make the most of your small spaces. Grow everything from tomatoes on your window sill to wisteria up your wall, with Naomi Schillinger's easy to follow instructions. With passion in every page, you can enjoy: -Step-by-step instructions within a detailed guide on smart gardening -Featuring full colour photographs on every page -Easy to read diagrams and charts to make sure you are getting the most out of your space and your plants A recent study suggests 38% of British adults use their gardens to grow herbs and vegetables. But with the ever-growing pressure of balancing family life with a career, as well as the common myth that some gardens are simply not big enough to grow herbs and veg alike, a lot of today's green-fingered gardeners simply shy away from vegetable growing. DK is on a mission to change that! It doesn't matter how much space you have available, with key techniques such as sowing seeds, assessing soil and choosing the right plants for each environment - these top tips and tricks are all featured within this how-to-garden book. Whatever your horticultural hopes may be, Naomi Shillinger brings you a veg-growing guide that is sure to shape the next generation of green-fingered gardeners like never before, full of top tips on smart gardening, without compromising on time, space, effort or money. By applying a strategic approach to your veggie patch, from choosing the right compost to using the correct cultivation tools, Naomi assures that even the most hapless of gardeners can unearth the endless potential that all gardens possess, no matter the shape or size! Why not stand out from the crowd with this fully-illustrated veggie handbook, and start your intuitive gardening journey today to reap the benefits of a more bountiful harvest. An ideal gift for the green-fingered gardener or budding botanist in your life, Grow All You Can Eat in Three Square Feet shows that even those with the smallest space, can produce the most impressive crops.

Square Foot Gardening - Going Large! is the large print, extended version of this popular book. At 8.5 x 11 inches (approx size) it is an ideal size for easy reading as well as handling. Here you will find out all you need to know about growing vegetables in a 4-foot square frame. What You Will Find In This Book An introduction to growing vegetables in a 4 x 4 wooden frame. How to make your own square foot garden frame. 3. Creating your own perfect growing mix. How to plant-out and care for your SFG. Companion planting methods and how to get the best out of a limited space. Effective organic pest control ideas. Plant support in a SFG A list of popular vegetables to grow. Plant care and harvesting/storing vegetables Includes regional temperature maps for USA & UK

In All New Square Food Gardening, 3rd Edition, the best-selling gardening book in North America is relaunched and updated for the next generation of gardeners and beyond. Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced in 1981, the revolutionary new way to garden developed by Mel Bartholomew has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space and with less work. Now, based largely on the input and experience of these millions, the system has been even further refined and improved to fully meet today’s changing resources, needs, and challenges. With over 150 new photos and illustrations, this new edition makes it easier than ever to achieve nearly-foolproof results in virtually any situation:100% of the produce; 20% of the water; 5% of the work. Perfect for experienced Square-Foot-Gardeners or beginners, the original method created by Mel has not changed in any significant way with this new 3rd edition of All New Square Foot Gardening. It remains: build a box; fill it with Mel’s Mix; add a grid. But along with the classic steps, you will find some interesting and compelling new information, such as: Adding trellises and archways Substituting with new materials Adding automatic watering systems “Thinking Outside the Box” with creative configurations and shapes Square Foot Gardening in dense urban areas with little or no yard Square Foot Gardening with kids Crop protection Don’t wait another season to try Mel’s brilliant approach to gardening! We’re sure it will work for you and you won’t look back.

If you would like to grow your own healthy vegetables but have limited space to do so, then this is the book for you! Best-Selling authors James Paris and Norman J Stone combine their knowledge ofself-sufficiency and growing organic vegetables to present this book on square foot gardening. This method of growing vegetables in small spaces, combines Raised Bed Gardening with the concept of providing a good range of organically grown vegetables within the smallest of areas. Through the combined use of the ideal growing compost for best nutrition, and Companion Planting methods for nutrition and pest/disease control; SFG is the gardening method of choice for millions of 'switched on' gardeners today. Along with Raised Bed and Container planting methods, SFG is another way that individuals can take back control of their food needs from the big corporations - and benefit from fresh organically produced vegetables - by growing their own easily and with minimum fuss! What You Will Find In This Book: 1. An introduction to SFG - What it is all about. Growing vegetables in a square foot garden is all the rage just now - but what exactly is it all about? Here you will find out about the background to SFG and why it is so effective for growing fruit and vegetables of many kinds. 2. How to construct your own Square Foot Garden Simple instructions for constructing a simple SFG frame - it does not get much easier than this! 3. How to make your own 'special mix' of compost for infilling.; The 'secret sauce' behind the success of this intensive gardening technique, lays in the growing compound. Find out how to make top-notch organic compost to improve your soil and subsequent crop-yield. 5. Guidelines for planting out your SFG. Simple and clear diagrams and pictures to get you started on your own SFG. 6. Introducing Companion Planting - Good and Bad companions for your veggies. Companion Planting plays a crucial role in the success of a square foot or raised bed garden. Some great tips here to get your vegetables growing strong and proud. 7. Beneficial herbs and Organic pest control. Herb gardening is extremely important in the control of destructive pests. Find out which herbs are more beneficial for your plants. 8. Instructions on plant support and growing methods. Some instruction on how to go about supporting your plants so that you may get the best out of them and minimalize damage due to heavy crops. 9. A list of popular vegetables and herbs to grow in your SFG, including planting, plant care and harvesting/storing your vegetables. A comprehensive list of good vegetables and herbs that will complement each other throughout the growing process, as well as how to harvest and store your crops for later use.

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