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Square Foot Gardening Square foot gardening is the practice of planning and creating small but intensively planted gardens. The practice combines concepts from other organic gardening methods, including a strong focus on compost, densely planted raised beds and bio-intensive attention to a small, clearly defined area. This method is particularly well-suited for areas with poor soil, beginner gardeners or as adaptive recreation for those with disabilities (Bartholomew, 2005). The phrase square foot gardening was popularized by Mel Bartholomew in a 1981 Rodale Press book and subsequent PBS television series. Source: Wikipedia Overview There are many excellent reasons to square foot garden (SFG). It uses 1/10 the space of normal row based gardens, it uses an exact and fool proof soil mix and it grows lots of home grown mineral dense food. Also the small modular beds are easily adapted, and the gardener can reach the entire area without stepping on and compacting the soil. Conventional gardening can require heavy tools to work the soil, whereas in square foot gardening methods the soil is not walked on and thus not compacted, and it remains loose and more easily workable due to the composition of the recommended soil mixture. In the All New Square Foot Gardening book, Mel Bartholomew recommends the following soil mixture:  one-third compost  one-third peat moss (cocopeat)  one-third vermiculite. A mix of commercial compost, peat moss and vermiculite should start weed free and the few seeds that blow in are