![]() Insufficient depth: The 6-inch-deep beds recommended in Bartholomew's updated book are too shallow for most plants, especially if their roots can’t extend into the soil below. A smart approach: Grow herbs and more compact veggies such as carrots and radishes in your square foot garden and relegate large plants or plantings to a traditional rowed vegetable garden. If you do have good soil to work with, stick with the original method and form in-ground garden beds for much less money.Ĭramped beds: Small square foot garden beds aren’t ideal for crops that take up a lot of room, such as vining winter squash, asparagus, or a big planting of sweet corn. High initial cost: The expense of building even a small raised bed and filling it with soilless mix adds up quickly. Weeds will, however, become more common over time as seeds blow or fall into the bed. Less weeding: If you build a square foot garden filled with soilless mix, there will be few if any seeds in it (depending on the compost you use) and thus no weeds to pull for the first season. ![]() Minimal regular maintenance: Since the garden is small and you have only a few specific tasks to do on any given day, you only need to invest a few minutes planting, maintaining, and harvesting at any one a time. You can place your raised bed anywhere - even over grass or pavement - allowing you to build, fill, and start planting in a just few hours! Even if you work in your existing soil, you only need to prepare the planting areas, not the paths, so it takes a lot less time and effort. High yields: Intensive planting means you'll harvest a lot from a small space, so it's ideal for gardeners with limited room.įast set-up: Square foot gardening is a quick way to start a new garden (especially with the updated method using a raised bed filled with soilless mix), so it's great for first-timers. ![]() So, now that you have a basic understanding of square foot gardening, let's move on to some of the benefits and the drawbacks. Twenty-five years later Bartholomew updated his methods with a new book, All New Square Foot Gardening, which advocates creating a 6-inch-deep frame or raised bed and filling it with a mixture of vermiculite, peat moss, and compost to plant in instead of garden soil enriched with compost. ![]() Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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