★ How to: Start Square Foot Gardening (A Complete Step by Step Guide)

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★ How to: Start Square Foot Gardening (A Complete Step by Step Guide)
In Today's Project Diary Video I will show you how I started my very own square foot garden. Square foot gardening (SFG) is one of the easiest ways to great lots of crops in a small space. It's really fun to do so watch this video and try for yourself!
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Комментарии : 122

@ezzzbecky 4 года назад

You're so lovely. Honestly I adore your videos. I was searching for gardeners from my climate(South Ireland) or similar and all I found were either from really hot countries or just weren't clear or way too long. Honestly your videos are gold dust and you're such a pleasure to watch Keep up the fantastic work. You've inspired me to grow because you've made it so accessible Thank you beautiful!!!

@myhillsidegarden3998 6 лет назад

I do Square foot gardening and I love his book. A great plan for small or large gardens. Thanks for the video. Have a great day! Catherine

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

That's good to hear! there's a Square Meter Gardening book now. I'll add some links to the description box soon :)

@tylerdwan7231 7 лет назад

your videos are so high quality, i love them!

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Thank you! I lose sleep over the smallest details and mistakes :D

@tlawrenuk3450 4 года назад

Man...this is awesome to get us going in a new space. Big thanks!

@kellygrace1617 3 года назад

Love the simplicity and recycling!!!!

@jessicagraf230 5 лет назад

Iv always taken a laid back approach to gardening and just grew whatever, wherever but I'm trying this square foot gardening.. There's so many benefits. Obviously we're going all organic.. Iv even taken notice of what I'm feeding my horses as I use their manure in the compost heap.

@julieboland22 4 года назад

Thanks for the awesome videos. Just found these today and love your enthusiasm and to the point info. Looking forward to trying these out. Thanks 😊

@rosiesgarden1820 7 лет назад

Outstand video, thank you for taking time to create great informational videos for all. Keep them coming! Life is a Garden, Dig iT.

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Thank you! I'm Digging Life ;)

@GardeningWithDoug Год назад

We moving some of our in ground plots to raised square foot beds for root crops. Thank you for making this video

@nikkitobin8356 4 года назад

First time i heard of this method ... Great video

@preethinixon8123 3 года назад

Best gardening channel 😀

@egosilver4432 3 года назад

Thanks for everything I've seen on your videos! You're the only one (maybe among very few gardeners with YT channels) who construct the raised beds with plastic protection on the wood sides! I really wanted to see how it's done and ... there it is! Maybe it would have been even better to apply on the wood panels a layer of some kind of oil, maybe flaxseed oil, in order to protect them over the time and keep out rot and bugs. Regarding raised beds: when constructing them over the existing grass (and weeds) would it be better to pun on the bottom some cardboards? And some mulch on the top? I intend to make raised beds this spring (zone 7b) for the first time and I do a lot of research.

@GirlyBling4u 7 лет назад

Great job! I think I'm going to try this.

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Let me know how you get on via my gardening group :) facebook.com/groups/projectdiariesHQ

@caroldurand6803 3 года назад

Great info and video thanks!

@eydnamortensen5985 6 лет назад

You make it look so easy. Love from Denmark

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Thanks :)

@Cobwobbler Год назад

Nicely put together video. Love the title cards. Great work.

@emmyashbaugh 3 года назад

Brilliant! 💚

@kirkjord 6 лет назад

Great Video!👍🏼 Keep up the good work!

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Thanks :)

@GardenMyselfHappy 6 месяцев назад

Hi, I've returned to find your channel and especially the sq foot garden videos. I'm starting out a new channel and small veg plot in a section of my garden. Definitely something I'm trying. Thanks for sharing. Jane

@lamiakhorshid4163 5 лет назад

Hello, I love this video - thanks for this info!! Do you have a link on how to start putting plants into the square foot garden bed? Thanks!

@michaelbarrett2346 Год назад

Thank you

@keitei28dl 6 лет назад

Thank you for the video!

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

You're welcome :)

@AsteriETERNAL 6 лет назад

Awesome! 👍🏼😉

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@doktoren99 6 лет назад

Now THATS whats up!

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Thanks! i think :)

@desgoulding7154 7 лет назад

VERY GOOD VIDEO AS USUAL MY FRIEND BEST WISHES FOR EASTER TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TAKE CARE

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

and to you Des. All the best :)

@cathyanderson8197 6 лет назад

You can find used volleyball or tennis strings that go between the poles for the center if you're growing vertically. It's really easy and usually at most thrift stores for next to nothing.

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Do you mean the netting? I use old fishing nets aswell

@nosherwanh 5 лет назад

Hi! I'm new to gardening and I'm about the start my square foot garden. Did you put only peat moss alternative at the bottom and only compost and perlite mixture on the top? Doesn't it have to be all 3 mixed up together?

@FaithUkwuomah 5 лет назад

I've been wanting to start organic gardening growing own fruits and veg. Is 50 square feet the recommended size for beginners?

@grandcatsmama3421 4 года назад

Also I watched Square Foot Gardening shows with Mel on TV in the 80s.

@eyehrtmakeup 7 лет назад

Hopefully you'll do a video on the actual planting of your garden

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Well I did say I would...

@ekarsoho 4 года назад

I really enjoy watching your videos! I've been wanting to do a squarefoot garden, the thing is I have dogs who love to dig. Do you have a suggestion or a diagram on how to make a taller raised bed so the dogs won't be able to reach it? Thank you!

@inpsydout 6 лет назад

Thank you buddy

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

You're welcome :)

@mrbigmel3 6 лет назад

subbed you mate ....looking forward to watching your other videos , well done young man 0)

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Thanks for the Sub :)

@nellspop1 6 лет назад

great video, i can't find the video on planting the garden

@goofygirl6270 6 лет назад

Wow, are you sure this takes twenty minutes to tidy that up? Wow, that was a good job well done!! 👏 Also, where did you get all your free supply? So resourceful too!

@Mryoungeric08 7 лет назад

loved your channel...great for my backyard gardening..

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Share some photos of your work if you like? facebook.com/groups/projectdiariesHQ

@CatalpaCreekFarm 2 года назад

Do you have any suggestions on a gird system for metal raised beds? Thank you great video.

@myhanhle7615 7 лет назад

Love your videos.....thanks for the informations

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

You're welcome! :)

@alisoncopeland2055 4 года назад

I have 2 rectangular raised beds that I have built - 45 inch x 30 inch - how would you recommend splitting these up in a similar way?

@Gingercat662 3 года назад

Very helpful, thanks 😊. One question- how do you allow for drainage? Are there drainage holes in the bottom plastic? We get heavy rains and I wouldn’t want it to get waterlogged.

@elainefirth8277 3 года назад

I really enjoyed watching your video's .can you suggest any books etc that will tell me how to square foot garden in a veg trug. I have read Mels book many years ago, when I had the space to make beds, but now have only got the veg trug which I bought this year.

@stuartwebster684 7 лет назад

First to comment great videos mate 👍

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Yay! Thanks mate :)

@mdrihdwanamran4989 7 лет назад

Great Videos.Love it all especially about collect the seeds. I managed to grow an apple tree from seed here in Malaysia. By using the refrigerator for propagation.

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Well done! I hope it tastes good once it produces fruit. They won't taste like the original

@mdrihdwanamran4989 7 лет назад

need to wait a few more year.Our climate not like UK.

@jonstein6868 4 года назад

nice, informative video, thank you! Hoping to have a go at a square metre project v soon here in sunny Southern Spain!

@jyothib8957 3 года назад

If I want to make this on top of soil should something be lined below? Also the direction of the bed is there some guidelines should it be facing east

@rocko777p.8 5 лет назад

Do you use drip irrigation?

@grandcatsmama3421 4 года назад

I have a problem, I ordered seeds and missed the time that I should have started them indoors, can I still plant them in the ground or should I wait until next year? And how am I going to get all of that work done to raise the beds? I expected to just turn the soil over a few times and plant the seeds. I'm 62, how am I supposed to do all of that hard work? My nephew could do some of the work, but he has back problems from an accident. Help!

@luferrari6462 7 лет назад

i got a little distracted by the shirtless working parts on the video hahah i love your videos, great job 👍

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Ha! I was gonna edit those parts out but hey! It was a hot day ;) Glad you like my videos :)

@luferrari6462 7 лет назад

i love your vídeos! i started my own garden this year after i had a spinal surgery and i found your channel when i was in the ICU looking for a distraction haha your vids are very helpful and you explain everything very well :)

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Oh Wow! Are you better now? I was in ICU for a week a few years back. Glad my videos helped keep you entertained :)

@luferrari6462 7 лет назад

I've been two whole weeks in the ICU after the surgery 😫 but it was worth it cause i'm doing better, thanks for asking 😊 by the way i'm from Argentina and i practice my English watching your vídeos as well 😁

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Oh wow! I didn't know I reached that far yet. That's so great! You're English is very good :)

@mammushameera 7 лет назад

Do u knw wat I lyk abt dis... all the materials were upcycled.. it's diff frm any other videos.. extremely useful

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

All the Vegetables grown will be from food waste as well :)

@runnerswidow616 7 лет назад

Great Video, I used empty compost bags to line a raised bed, are they PP or PVC?

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Usually it will say it on the bottom. Look for a Number 5 in a triangle. They're usually PP or PE-LD which is always good

@Caveman125 2 года назад

Subbed

@bburg1776 3 года назад

If PVC isn't good is PVC water irrigation pipe ok?

@groeswenphil 6 лет назад

You advocate polypropylene sheet. Surely it would be OK to use the bags that the compost comes in?

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

I have seen some Compost using PVC which I don't promote but if the Bag has a 2, 4, or 5 in a triangle that will be find. Just avoid 3, 6, 7 products

@kimyee2083 Год назад

Sure like to see the size of your veggie in harvest time.

@carltaylor4942 6 лет назад

Hi! I'm just starting out on square foot gardening and I'm going to try out combining it with using ollas as a watering system otherwise I think the soil will dry out too fast here in hot, sunny Spain. Has anybody else tried this combination? Any advice?

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

I've never used any watering systems. Just make sure you water very deep in the mornings or after the sun has gone down. Soil only usually dries out by the first few inches but the roots are deeper than that

@hauweiguy9587 5 лет назад

whats perlite for?

@madrox4132 6 лет назад

And 100% reason to remember the name

@butterbeans1619 6 лет назад

I like how you get stuff for free!

@ProjectDiaries 6 лет назад

Thanks! :)

@shananking8855 4 года назад

What is the height of this bed

@getyourfeelgoodbackbjones1576 4 года назад

Cannot find “Polypropylene “ plastic rolls anywhere on the Internet. Any suggestions?

@SuperWiz666 4 года назад

Check for Polypropylene film. Also check grading and greenhouse supply companies. When google doesn't come up with what you are looking for, you probably have used search terms that the industry doesn't use, so use fewer words and look for synonyms. One of the great issues with search engines is that you can only find things using the words that other people have used to describe them--if not you simply cannot find it! Also, forums on the subject will usually have suppliers listed.

@ghostemane4584 6 лет назад

i have a problem with termites

@vikrambhaskar7976 6 лет назад

Wouldn't you want to mix the mixture of dry leaves and compost in that square foot thingy?

@patriciacole8773 4 года назад

Vikram Bhaskar yes I would think so.

@MrPilcher01 7 лет назад

Could you replace the leaves with straw?

@patriciacole8773 4 года назад

Gordon Pilcher I’m wondering if round up is sprayed on the wheat wouldn’t that effect the straw?

@shagunkhandelwal960 7 лет назад

omg,,, it's a lot of hard work

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

Yeah! It took a whole day but well worth the effort as it can be used year after year.

@shagunkhandelwal960 7 лет назад

Project Diaries ,,,, yeah!!!,, that's right

@LowkeyMooreHD 7 лет назад

Can you do a mango tree from seed guide please?

@ProjectDiaries 7 лет назад

I have tried this several times but with UK weather it's hard to maintain the right temperature for them. I will hopefully be more successful soon and finish the video...

@LowkeyMooreHD 7 лет назад

Tried using clingfilm over the pot to act as a mini greenhouse for the soil and seed? I have seen people make a small hole in the film for the sprouts to grow through