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Square Foot Gardening Presented by Sandra Cook U.R.I. Master Gardener, Class of 2008 Certified Square Foot Garden Instructor Cooperative Extension Fun Fact Questions 1. The Cooperative Extension System is part of which branch of the

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  • Presented by Sandra Cook
  • U.R.I. Master Gardener, Class of 2008
  • Certified Square Foot Garden Instructor

Square Foot Gardening

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Cooperative Extension Fun Fact Questions

  • 1. The Cooperative Extension System is part of which branch of the

government ?

  • 2. When was the Extension system founded?

3.Who was president when the extension system was founded ? 4.What wartime garden program did the extension system help develop?

Questions Compliments of Square Foot Gardening With Kids

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What is Square Foot Gardening?

  • A method of gardening

developed by Mel Bartholomew.

  • Uses raised beds divided into

square feet by grids. ( It is not a square foot garden without grids)

  • “No work, No weeds, No

worries!”

Mel Bartholomew

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Compared to a conventional single- row garden:

  • Grow 100% of the harvest
  • 20% of the space
  • 10% of the water
  • 5% of the seeds
  • 2% of the work
  • 0% of the weeds
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All The Tools You Need

1.Trowel 2.Scissors

  • 3. Pencil
  • 4. Water Bucket
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The Ten Steps To Square Foot Gardening

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1.Layout/Location

❖6-8 hours of sun ❖Close to house ❖Away from trees and shrubs (roots/shade can interfere) ❖No puddles ❖Think in squares not rows

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  • 2. Boxes

❖Elevated

❖ Ground Level 4x4 adults 3x3 kids Size 6-12 inches deep

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  • 3. Aisles
  • 3 feet spacing between boxes allows for mobility and accessibility.
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Mel’s Mix

1/3 Peat Moss or Coir 1/3 Vermiculite 1/3 Compost Blend

  • 4. SOIL
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LOOSE WORKABLE NUTRITIOUS

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Mix

and

Blend

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  • 5. Without a Grid it isn’t a Square

Foot Garden

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  • 6. Care

❖Never walk on soil. ❖Garden from aisles

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7.Select

1-4-9-16 Number of plants in each

  • square. Based on what you

want to plant.

Plan what you want to grow. No thinning, no wasting seeds.

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Dividing Your Squares 1-4-9-16 Depending on What You Want to Plant

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Think of Plants like Shirt Sizes

Extra large= 1 plant per square Large=4 plants per square Medium=9 per square Small=16 per square

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  • 8. PLANT

❖2-3 seeds per hole ❖After seeds germinate, leave strongest seedling. Cut any other seedlings to

ground with your scissors.

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Don’t Forget the Pollinators

Add Flowers to Your Square Foot Garden

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9.Water

✓Keep a bucket of sun-warmed water in the

garden.

✓Water by hand. ✓Water at bottom of plant. ✓Encourages you to get to know your

plants.

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Watering Options

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GROW UP!!! (always on the north side)

Allow 1 foot across for beans etc., 2 feet across for squash

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After harvesting a Square Foot Add compost and replant with a new and different crop.

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Make Your Own

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Square Foot Garden to Table

✓One 4x4 box will provide an adult

with a salad everyday of the growing season.

✓ Two boxes will provide daily dinner

vegetables for that person.

✓ Three boxes will provide extra to

preserve.

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ALL THAT IN ONE 4X4 BOX?

  • 1 head of cabbage
  • 1 head of broccoli
  • 1 head of cauliflower
  • 4 heads of romaine
  • 4 heads of red lettuce
  • 4 heads of salad lettuce
  • 5 pounds sugar snap

peas

  • 8 bunches of Swiss

chard

  • 9 bunches of spinach
  • 16 small ball carrots
  • 16 beets
  • 4 bunches beet greens
  • 16 long carrots
  • 32 radishes
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10.Enjoy The Harvest!

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Critter Control

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Mel’s Mission

Mel Bartholomew founded the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 1996 to pursue the mission of solving world hunger by teaching people around the globe how to grow enough food for themselves and their families, with limited resources, expertise, time and effort.

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Square Foot Gardening With Kids “A Square Yard in the Schoolyard”

A student helps to plan our garden using a square foot grid map

  • n chart paper.

STUDENTS LEARN: MATH HISTORY SCIENCE ART ECOLOGY CONSERVATION HEALTH AND WELLNESS NUTRITION

Botany

1998-Utah State Board

  • f Education, “We’ll

take a garden for every single grammar school in the state of Utah.” 1999-2001-Every grammar school in Utah has a Square Yard

  • garden. Lesson plan for

teachers and students written by Mel Bartholomew at request

  • f school board.
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Square Meter Gardening

An International Adaptation of the Square Foot Gardening Method Africa San Salvador Guatemala Mexico India Nepal Australia

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U.R.I. RN to BSN Diversity Class Project

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Roger Williams Park Community Garden

Seed to Table Program

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Happy Spring !!!!!!