Whats square foot gardening - An engineer's planting method

A civil engineer named Bartholomew figured out a new way of gardening and named it square foot garden.

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He wrote a book about it that sold 2.5 million copies.

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Square foot garden requires only 10% of the water of the row garden.

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It requires 80% less space than a traditional garden.

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He uses raised beds and divides them into 12 x 12 inch squares.

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Each divided with wood dividers and planted with specific vegetables.

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Choose the spot where veggies get 6 hr sunlight.

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You can choose metal or wooden material for making beds of 4x4 feet & 6-12 inches deep.

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Using compost vermicompost and peat moss with soil will make a healthy root system.

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In one sector of SFG you can plant one large plant & four medium sized plants or nine small sized plants.

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