Square-Foot+Gardening

=Square Foot Gardening= Concepts taken from Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew.

What is it?
Square Foot Gardening is a method that divides your growing space into square foot sections in order to make the most of a small space. For every vegetable or herb you'd like to plant, it tells you how many seeds or seedlings can fit within that square foot.

How does it work? A step by step guide.

 * 1) Measure your raised bed.
 * 2) Put sticks or stakes around the perimeter, placed one foot apart, making sure they are even with the stick across from them.
 * 3) Using string, tie each stick to the stick directly across from it. This should create a grid of square foot sections.
 * 4) After deciding what you'd like to grow, check the square foot plant list to see how many seeds or seedlings can fit in each square foot. For example, you can fit 9 beets per square, 16 carrots per square, or 1 potato plant. Generally each square will contain the same type of plant.
 * 5) If you can't find your plant on the list, check the back of the seed packet. If the plant spacing says 12″ apart, plant 1 per square; 6″ apart, plant 4 per square; 4″ apart, plant 9 per square; 3″ apart (or less), plant 16 per square.

Online List of Plant Spacing by Square Foot
Check this webpage for a list of many different plant spacings. Otherwise, check out Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew for a more complete explanation of Square Foot techniques.