All New Square Foot Gardening

This book has opened my eyes to a new way of gardening. I am inspired and excited about the first box I just planted! Since I live where it's warmer, my fellow gardeners tell me we can have crops just about all year round. They are also watching my 'experiment' closely and have told my husband they may be asking him to build square foot garden boxes for them too!

What a terrific idea! I spent 20 minutes watering my traditional garden in central Texas one day (no rain here for months). I noticed that the water just pooled into the aisles where I walk and thought about what a waste that was. Later, as I was walking with my friend she told me about her square foot garden and I went to look at it! I was amazed - I love things well-organized and there was no wasted space. She loaned me her book until I could get my own copy. I got my garden prepared right before the homeschool book club met at my house. As one of our "City of Ember" activities the girls planted my square-foot garden. They all showed their moms and told them they wanted their own square-foot garden. It is thriving! All of the seeds came up even though they were planted by 11 - 13 year olds. The next week I planted my traditional garden. Plants from the same batch that went into my regular garden are light years behind the square-foot one! My daughter's piano teacher has since ordered the book and put one in, too. This is the only way to go!

In this time of layoffs, economic uncertainty, rising prices. This is a good book to read and follow. Start building your containers now and be ready to plant come the spring.
Excellent, frugal, and i can understand it and wont be a slave to the garden!

This is a great book that is very simple to understand and easy to read. The ideas presented are very compelling and I can't wait to see the results of my square foot garden. Everything you need to know about starting your own garden is contained in this easy to use book. I would definitely recommend it, and plan on buying it for many of my relatives as a Christmas gift. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that parts of it get a little repetitive. I guess that's the author trying to reinforce key points. It's probably not as noticeable if you skip around to various chapters or read it over a longer period of time. I read it all the same night.

While I have not yet tried the methods of gardening in this book, I have to say that it makes sense. It is an easy way to set up a garden so that it is less work. I do wonder about larger plants like cabbages and zucchini plants that like to spread out, but I have to delve into the book more, to see how he handles this. I think his methods are ingenious and I cannot wait to try them. One of the best gardening books I own on methods of setting up a garden. This is an especially good method if you have limited space.