Square Foot Garden Planter

For example 16 radishes in one square foot or just one cabbage per square foot.

Square foot garden planter. More details at 29 high this attractive cedar planter is the perfect height for easy growing eliminating the need to stoop bend kneel and reach. With 16 square feet of growing space there s plenty of room for multiple crops yielding a generous harvest. It was invented by backyard gardener retired engineer and efficiency expert mel. Different crops are planted in different blocks according to their size.

A lattice is laid across the top to clearly separate each square foot. With our free online planner you can get the blueprints to a super productive vegetable garden based on square foot gardening techniques instead of traditional rows. Connect two blocks by sliding a 2x6 board into the respective 2 inch slots. To make a 6 inch tall raised bed for square foot gardening in a flash buy four planter wall blocks which have 2 inch slots on four sides and four 4 foot long 2x6s at your local home center.

Set the blocks approximately 4 feet apart on level ground to form a square. Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small orderly and highly productive kitchen gardens. It s a generous 10 deep so you can grow big plants like tomatoes and root crops like carrots. With the square foot gardening method you plant in 4x4 foot blocks instead of traditional rows.