Square foot vegetable gardening is all the rage in America. It is the ultimate container-grown veg system.

Square foot vegetable gardening requires:

• a 4 foot by 4 foot container, about 1 foot deep. The container can actually be smaller or larger, depending on the location and space available
• 2 bags of general purpose growing medium/compost
• selection of seeds or young plants
• trellis if climbing vegetables, such as beans, are grown

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The advantages of square foot gardening are:

• fresh vegetables available for picking
• no fertilisers required as rich compost used
• no pesticides required because the box is easily protected
• a whole-family project
• no expensive tools required, a spoon from the kitchen can dig the planting holes
• no heavy work, such as digging, required
• no thinning necessary, as the exact number of seeds required are planted
• plants may be grown closer together because of the ideal conditions
• square foot gardening produces 100% harvest in 20% of the space

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The location may be a patio, balcony, window box, terrace or porch. Garden centers now stock all shapes and sizes of containers to fit in different spaces. They also have a multitude of accessories to suit the design of the space, such as wooden or steel trellis etc..

Suitable vegetables include:

• all the salads, including radish and spring onions, grow rapidly in containers.Â
• herbs, carrots, beans and beetroot etc
• the most important factor is to grow what people enjoy and will eat.

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