A simple gardening idea

We've been successfully using a modified version of Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening concept for years. His concept is to plant 12 inch squares of the items you want to grow rather than long rows. We like planting in squares because it affords us the ability to cover the squares with a wire cloth cage to keep birds from eating the tender shoots as they come up. Birds are the worst predator to our gardens.

Mel's method makes gardening for beginners much easier.
Visit the official site of Square Foot Gardening and Mel Bartholomew.

It has photos, teaching videos and directions to create your own small or large garden. It even includes tips on how to make "Mel's Mix" a simple soil mixture that will make most anything grow.

Mel also has a book that describes his method. Read about it here.

Start small and expand as your gardening expertise improves. You'll be eating healthy, organic veggies before you know it.

Here's a recent picture of four of our garden beds, taken in April. Our tomato plants are about 2 feet tall, our Chinese pea pods (a winter crop) are starting to die out, radishes and spinach are growing like crazy. We've also got some hollyhocks, artichokes, oregano, and asparagus growing in this photo.