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Square Foot Gardening

Square Foot Gardening. By: Allison, Barbara, Lauren, and Kadin. What are Square Foot Gardens?. Square foot gardening is a system of gardening using square foot units of space for crops with different plants in each one. It uses companion gardening and raised bed gardening.

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Square Foot Gardening

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  1. Square Foot Gardening By: Allison, Barbara, Lauren, and Kadin

  2. What are Square Foot Gardens? • Square foot gardening is a system of gardening using square foot units of space for crops with different plants in each one. • It uses companion gardening and raised bed gardening.

  3. What is companion planting? • Companion planting is packing various plants together without harming them. • Plants can nourish one another and control pests.

  4. How to make a square foot garden • Divide a wooden box- like contraption of the size of your choice into square foot sections. • Fill it with soil. • Plant your plants/ crops in in the sections according to the format on the next slide. • Water as needed.

  5. Large plants- 1 per square • Medium plants- 4 per square • Small plants- 9 per square • Very small plants- 16 per square • Under ground plants should go in a raised gardening bed

  6. Benefits of Square Foot Gardens Square foot gardening: • Emphasizes value of composts • Saves time and energy • Isconvienient and accessible • Is also afordable • Has fewer weeds

  7. Square Foot gardening is Eco-friendly!! • Square foot gardening does not require fertilizer. • It uses less water. • It protects plants and… • Plants= oxygen= a better Earth!!!!!!!

  8. Good for all ages Square foot gardening is good for everyone especially beginners and disabled people because it is easily accessible.

  9. Mel Bartholomew • Mel Bartholomew is the creator of the square foot gardening system. • He wrote a book called All New square foot gardening: Grow more in less space! • 2010- He released a DVD about square foot gardening with Patti Moreno.

  10. The End!!! 

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