Introduction to Square Foot Gardening training video

Square Foot Gardening is a uniquely simplified system of gardening that eliminates 80% of the space, work, weeds, watering, and waste while giving you 100% of the harvest and the joy of gardening.

Square Foot Gardening condenses everything down to a small space, eliminating wasted space in traditional gardening. It allows you to grow the same amount in just 20% of the area compared to single row gardening.

There are 10 basic concepts in Square Foot Gardening. The first one is to think in squares instead of rows. This means forgetting about row thinking and focusing on maximizing the use of square spaces.

The traditional size for Square Foot Gardening frames is four by four. This shape and size of frame is commonly used in Square Foot Gardening.

To determine the size of the frames, the gardener used a yardstick and ruler to measure everyone's reach. After finding out that the average reach was about 24 inches, they decided on a four by four frame size that can be comfortably reached from all sides of the garden.

Square foot gardening is a uniquely simplified system of gardening which eliminates 80% of the space, work, weeds, watering, and waste, while giving you 100% of the harvest and joy of gardening.

Square foot gardening reduces the amount of space needed to grow the same amount of plants by 80% compared to conventional gardening. It eliminates wasted space and allows for a more condensed and efficient use of land.

There are 10 basic concepts in square foot gardening. The first one is to think in squares instead of rows. By thinking in squares, you can maximize the use of space and eliminate wasted land.

The traditional size of a square foot garden is four by four feet. This size allows for easy reach and maintenance of the garden.

The size of the square foot garden was determined by measuring everyone's reach. It was found that most people could comfortably reach in about 2 feet, so a four by four feet size was chosen to ensure accessibility for all gardeners.