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10 Tips for Planning a SQUARE FOOT GARDEN - for BEGINNERS!
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10 Tips for Planning a SQUARE FOOT GARDEN – for BEGINNERS!



Planning your Square Foot Garden can be overwhelming! If you’re a beginner, it’s hard to even know where to start. Here are my best 10+ tips for helping you get started dreaming, planning, and planting your edible square foot garden if you are a brand new gardener!

Feel free to skip around- here are some chapters for easy navigation.

Timecodes:
0:00 – What is a Square Foot Garden?
1:34 – How much space do I need?
2:46 – Tip #1 Make a Garden Wish List
3:44 – Tip #2 Sketch Out Your Garden
4:19 – Tip #3 Utilize Companion Planting
6:19 – Tip #4 Re-Use Harvested Squares
7:06 – Tip #5 Practice Succession Planting
8:11 – Tip #6 Know Your Garden Zone
9:24 – Tip #7 Prep Your Garden Space
10:57 – Tip #8 Know How Many Plants Per Square
12:46 – Tip #9 Label Your Plants
13:53 – Tip #10 Have a Little Faith!!

I hope this is helpful to you on your garden journey! What tips would you add??

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29 Comments

  1. R Richards

    Some good tips. We are in autumn now but I am planning now for spring. I grow things that I want fresh, often like lettuce leaves, small tomatoes and herbs. I also want berries that are too expensive to buy; raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries, currants and gooseberries. If they can be found in our supermarket they cost so much, especially at Christmas when we want them the most.

  4. brockjohnson100

    So glad I stumbled upon your channel and your very well done videos! I just got a community garden for the first time and figuring out the organization of my plants is the biggest challenge right now. It's also a little daunting seeing everyone else with chicken wire, stakes, tarps, netting,… the list goes on! I was happy to see your last step because for this to be enjoyable, it shouldn't take that much stress! Once again, great video and I'll be sure to catch up on the others. ✌🏻

  7. Timmytoo02

    I was a pretty good gardener when I lived in northern California (zone 9). But I've since moved near HoustonTexas and amd am really struggling. I can't understand how this area can also be zone 9 when it's so incredibly wet, hot and humid while northern California has a very dry summer that is not quite as hot as Houston. .

    This week definitely be gardening by trial and error!

  8. Nottoday Nope

    What a lovely video very informative. And you are absolutely adorable you give me teacher vibes and I love it God bless you and your family

  11. Deana Wallace

    Your video and info are great, but I admit I wasn't all the way through and noticed you've listed the tips and time stamps and I was sold. I subscribed and I'm hitting the bell. So many creators fill that space with affiliate links (which is fine), I've never seen a "track list!" Thank you!

  12. Christina

    So how did the labels work? Did the sharpie written names stay readable? This is something I've struggled with in the 12 years I've been gardening. We've (my husband and I) have tried painted rocks (it washes off), popsicle sticks (the decompose), marker flags with plant names written on them (the metal flag poles rust in half and the marker faded a bit on the flag), the labels from the store (the plant hides them then they get buried), and even making a map (things were moved around and the map not updated throughout the season). Really hoping these worked for you.

  16. Samantha Bice

    Just a note – your frost date is based on your area/zip code. Not your zone. People in the same zone but opposite climates can have vastly different last frost dates. Zones are for perennials. Frost dates and climate are for annuals. ❤️ It's a common mix up even for very experienced gardeners bc of the way everyone talks about gardening and zones.

  20. AA G

    Just got my first plot at a community garden here in Portland. I am so excited, but also a little overwhelmed, and this video helped so so much. Especially the have a little faith bit <3

  22. The Crunchy Ginger

    *NOTE*. In this video (Tip 6) I mention looking up your garden zone to find your frost dates. For an even more accurate estimation, you can search your ZIP CODE for your average frost dates instead. I wish I could update the actual video, but I can't :/ (Thanks @Samantha Bice for bringing this to my attention.)

  23. Huples Cat

    I'm doing an online gardening course. Having to watch a lots of big gardening channel videos and all mostly garbage. Stumbled on you from YT recommends. Great content and style! Go gingers 🙂

  26. Rose Lee

    This video was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for making this so simple to understand and know we’re to start. This is my first full garden and I’m excited!

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