All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

Gardeners everywhere have fallen in love with Mel Bartholomew all over again. Twenty-five years ago, Bartholomew wrote down his innovative ideas for gardeners called Square Foot Gardening.

Gardeners tried his unique method and millions never looked back. Both the book and technique were major successes.

In his most current version of Square Foot Gardening, award winning author, Mel Bartholomew, has yet again taken the gardening world yardstick with the All New Square Foot Gardening. A serious re-vamp of the old one, this book is a testimonial of just how simple, relaxing and rewarding home gardening can be.

Bartholomew’s easy-going nature and clear directions make this book a must-read for beginning gardeners and sheer pleasure for the more seasoned garden crowd. I promise you that every gardener will take something new out of this idea-packed book.

Bartholomew has thought of everything. The pictures are excellent and the colorful diagrams leave nothing to the imagination. The All New Square Foot Gardening will take you from planning your garden to simple directions on building boxes to vertical gardening. He’ll have you extending the seasons, gardening with children, and planning gardens for seniors.

Throughout his book, Bartholomew has these terrific green squares titled “Penny Pincher” that have great money-saving ideas for gardeners. I especially enjoy another section that is seen in every chapter on key points that he wants you to share with his readers, called “Mel says”.

One of the points he makes that's specific to new gardeners says;

“Looking through a seed catalog is not the best way to decide what to grow. They make it all look so good and sound so exciting that you can easily get carried away. I recommend that you review your shopping list from lat week and last month.

That eliminates the ‘Oh, I’d like to grow that!’ or ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to grow peanuts?’ Start simple and easy with the foods you already eat regularly. Expand and experiment later on. So often I hear, ‘But I’m so anxious to start my SFG. I’ve always wanted a garden. I want to grow everything.”

Well, if you’ve been wishing and wanting for twenty years, spending the first year getting experience and confidence with the SFG method won’t make any difference. Then spend the next forty years enjoying your garden. Don’t ruin a lifetime hobby by starting off too big."

Sound advice from one of the masters of gardening.
Come find out what you could be doing to make gardening easier.

All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew, 271 pages, Cool Springs Press, ISBN 1-59186-202-7