The frames themselves are fairly simple. Just regular lumber screwed together. DO NOT USE TREATED LUMBER – the chemicals will leach into the soil and contaminate the plants. The wood is sitting on TOP of the ground, so it should hold up for a long time. The fencing posts ARE treated (we couldn’t find non treated ones), but they are 0n the OUTSIDE of the framing (and aren’t sunk into the ground) so leaching shouldn’t be a problem.

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Our biggest worry with square foot gardening was that things would be too crowded, too shaded and too…. everything. Well, so far it’s doing great. So far the only casualty has been sage. We have no idea why that died. The other has been basil, but they’re not dead, only growing much slower than usual – probably because they’re a little shaded. Everything else is healthy and thriving.

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The gist of square foot gardening is this:  You build an open bottomed box and fill it with a good planting mixture of soil and compost.  Mark it off in one foot squares (see photo).     In each square foot section, plant one herb or vegetable – a different herb or vegetable in each square.  The smaller [...]

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