The best-selling “Square Foot Gardening” book by Mel Bartholomew divides plots into 1-foot squares, optimizing space and reducing waste. This method is ideal for beginners as it makes the garden more manageable. It is similar to raised bed gardening and has similar advantages, but square foot gardening componentizes the bed making gardening more like painting by number. It is also higher yielding than planting your vegetables in rows. Square foot gardening is a grid that brings order and abundance for the beginning gardener.
Growing Home - "Square Foot Gardening"
