Have you ever heard of the square foot gardening method? This has been a very popular method for gardeners, allowing you to get the most out of your space. What makes this gardening method different from many others is that it does take planning but allows you to have a garden filled with various plants without taking up a lot of room. For this reason, it is also great for use in a community garden since, in many cases, you are renting a small space and don’t want to intrude on others accidentally. As one of my favorite methods, I was excited when I got the chance to review a complimentary new edition of one of my favorite books – Square Foot Gardening.
Square Foot Gardening: What Is It
Are you looking for an easy book to help you garden in a limited space? If so, you will love Square Foot Gardening by the Square Foot Gardening Foundation. Here is what the publisher has to say about this new book.
Over 3 million copies sold! This revolutionary gardening book gets a revolutionary update for its 4th edition—new plans, options, and advice herald a modern approach to this tried-and-true method.
No digging, no tilling, no fertilizing, no machinery or heavy tools—less watering, waste, and weeding! In All New! Square Foot Gardening, 4th Edition, discover the foolproof gardening method that has helped generations of gardeners around the world raise their own organic vegetables in less space, with less effort, and for less money than traditional row gardens.
The Square Foot Gardening (SFG) technique takes the guesswork out of every step, even if you are completely new to gardening. The process is simple: set up your garden box, fill it with a growing blend known as Mel’s Mix™, and add a square-foot grid on top to guarantee proper plant spacing and maximum yields. With this easy and flexible system, you’ll reap the rewards of baskets of homegrown produce to enjoy with friends and family.
In the 4th edition, enjoy:
- Updated and beautifully illustrated garden plans to help you lay out your plantings and grow what your family eats most
- Extensive new charts with crop-by-crop information on how and when to plant and harvest each vegetable
- Flexible, step-by-step building plans for garden boxes you can build, fill, and plant in a single afternoon
- Insight on where to place your garden, how to plan your squares, and how to care for your plants organically
- Instructions for DIYing trellises, hoop tunnels, archways, and other accessories for your SFG
- More practical solutions to today’s biggest gardening challenges, including deer, extreme weather, and insect pests
- NEW – Information on building and using “top hats” to grow healthy root crops in a standard SFG bed
- NEW – Alternative options if the standard Mel’s Mix ingredients aren’t available to you or you’re looking for alternatives to peat moss
- 200 NEW PHOTOS, 30 NEW ILLUSTRATIONS – Redesigned pages with all-new illustrations for fun, easy planning and new photographs to reflect more diverse growing locations
- Plus, a Quick Start Guide to get you growing today
It is a mission of the SFG Foundation to empower gardeners with the skills to create their own sustainable, sufficient, and reliable food source. They strive to reduce world hunger by teaching people in underserved countries how to grow their own fresh produce to eat and sell.
If you’re looking for a low-maintenance, lower-cost way to grow food for yourself and your family, you will find success with this invaluable reference. If you’re already a dedicated Square Foot Gardener with a tattered copy of a previous edition, you will expand on your success with the updated and enhanced guidance. With All New Square Foot Gardening, 4th Edition, you’ll discover everything you need to know about the world’s most popular growing technique to harvest MORE food from less space.
Now you can garden anywhere!
Our Thoughts
As someone who frequently refers to this gardening book, I was excited to start reading the latest edition of Square Foot Gardening. Like the previous edition, the information is fantastic and easy for anyone to understand. The layout is also great, allowing you to quickly jump to whatever section you need for your gardening expertise, making it a fantastic reference book. What makes it stand out are the new colorful pictures, brand-new gardening plans, and even more plants added compared to previous editions. With all the updated information, I consider the 4th Edition a must for any gardener!
Square Foot Gardening: Where to Purchase
Would you like to purchase the latest edition of this awesome gardening book? You can find Square Foot Gardening on Amazon.com in paperback or for your Kindle for under $27. Who knew that gardening could be so easy and fun?
Don’t want to wait to read this new edition of one of my favorite books? Check out our review of the third edition of Square Foot Gardening here.
About Susan Bewley
Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.