Frugal Tip: Square Foot Gardens
Do you want to garden but don’t have a yard or other suitable place to plant it? Why not try square foot gardening! As explained by Frugal Dad, square foot gardening is planting fruits, flowers, and/or vegetables in a raised bed above infertile soil (or above really anything) in 1′ x 1′ square plots. When you harvest something, you can plant another crop in its place. He has pictures on his site of the 4′ x 2′ bed he planted and how he constructed it – his total cost was about $40. There are detailed instructions on his site for how to construct the garden framework as well.
Lynnae at Being Frugal followed his lead and constructed her own square foot garden with her son. A fun family activity and frugal too!
If you’d like to garden but don’t have the fertile soil in your yard (or don’t have a yard) to do it, consider this alternative. I think I might even try doing this on my patio!
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April 12th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Very nice. I can remember watching Mel Bartholomew’s square foot gardening show on PBS years ago. Glad to see it lives on.