| Square foot gardening is a great and hip way of | | | | is great and ideal for small or confined places such |
| doing gardening. Most gardens are large gardens | | | | as flats, small yards, and apartments. |
| with numerous rows and plants. These traditional | | | | The square foot gardening method you simply |
| gardens are planted in long rows with a walk path | | | | divide a 4 by 4 box into about 16 one foot |
| or an aisle of some sort. One of the major | | | | square gardens. Then you place and grow plants |
| setbacks and problems associated with these | | | | into each square. You can grow a different plant |
| traditional larger gardens is that they take up a lot | | | | or crop in each square. For instance you can plant |
| of space and they require a lot of work. So this | | | | and grow beans in one square or box and |
| simply means that you will need lots of space and | | | | potatoes in another box or square. The plant or |
| majority of the work in your garden will be done | | | | vegetable you decide to grow will determine how |
| on foot and it will involve lots of walking up and | | | | many you can place in one square or box. You |
| down. So the weeding, watering, and application of | | | | can grow one cabbage in one square, you can |
| fertilizer will be done by you the gardener and it | | | | plant and grow about four beans in another |
| will involve you working long and hard for many | | | | square and you can plant and grow about 16 |
| hours. | | | | carrots in one box. |
| The other major problem with traditional gardens | | | | The square foot gardening method is a very |
| is that most of your garden will used to make | | | | simple and easy way to do gardening. It is also a |
| pathways and aisles and not for gardening. The | | | | very effective and efficient way of gardening. |
| majority of your garden say about 80% will not | | | | There work load is greatly reduced, there is less |
| have any plants or vegetables it will be for paths, | | | | weeding, less watering, and less application of |
| walk ways, and aisles. The majority of your | | | | fertilizer. There is more effective and efficient use |
| garden will be for walking and not growing | | | | of land and space. There is no need to create |
| vegetables. The square foot gardening technique | | | | path ways, walk ways, and aisles all the land is |
| takes care of this dilemma and you get to fully | | | | fully utilized for growing vegetables. Square foot |
| maximize and utilize the space that you have. | | | | gardening has so many benefits and advantages |
| Also if you live in an apartment or an area with a | | | | over traditional gardening. It is much cheaper in |
| very small garden or very limited space and there | | | | terms of time, money, cost, and labour. It is not |
| is very little room for a garden you can simply | | | | labour intensive or time consuming. Much less |
| use a square foot garden. This form of gardening | | | | effort and work is required to make it a success. |