Making the Square Foot Garden

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Making the Square Foot Garden
Early spring is the perfect time to start
thinking about your garden... what flowers,
fruits, or vegetables you intend on growing
during the year. One of the easiest ways to
create a beautiful, organized garden is to
through square foot gardening. What this entails
is building a few simple boxes out of 2 x 6
wooden boards. The material to create the garden
boxes is an inexpensive and building the boxes is
quite simple. First, you will need to decide how
big your boxes will be and how many boxes you
want to have. Our square foot garden beds are 4
feet by 4 feet. Simply go to your local home
improvement store, ask for the 2 x 6 wooden
boards, and have them cut to size. You can use
the 8-foot-long boards and have them cut in half.
You will need two 8 foot boards to create one
box. To divide your boxes into 1 square foot
sections, find a thin trim board that can be cut
4 feet in length. You will need six of these thin
trim boards that will crisscross atop your garden
bed to create square foot sections (hence, square
foot gardening!) You will also need the
appropriate decking nails and a drill to screw
the boards together. Secondly, head to the lawn
and garden section of your home improvement store
and pick up a roll of garden weed barrier, which
will be cut to size and stapled to the bottom of
each garden bed to prevent weeds from entering
your new garden beds. While you are here, pick up
your favorite soil and composting material that
you will use for planting your seeds. Lastly,
once you get home, find a flat open space to
build your square foot gardening boxes. Create a
perfect square, pre-drill your holes, and then
screw the boards together. Staple your weed
fabric to the bottom of each new garden bed. Then
simply add your soil and seeds. Sit back, relax,
and watch your garden flourish! We love wrapping
up in our cozy warm wool blankets, coffee in-hand
while admiring the fresh scents and bounty of
that our garden produces. Our quality black and
white checkered blanket from our Farmhouse
Collection makes for the perfect wool blanket to
put on your garden bench or front porch rocking
chairs. For more information click here. sheep
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