I checked out square foot gardening online and found that Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer who founded this technique in the 1970s, published a new book three years ago.

Square Foot Gardening is a gardening technique that was developed by Mel Bartholomew in the 1980s. It is a method of intensive gardening that involves planting vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a ...

Carrots are one of the smaller vegetables to grow in a square foot garden and you grow 16 per square. Always plant carrots by sowing seeds directly into the soil.

Usually they’re too complicated, expensive, esoteric, or just plain intimidating to catch on. However, square foot gardening, which has been building momentum for 30 years, is here to stay.

That’s a lot of mass for a 16-square-foot area. Also, be sure to follow any necessary rules from your community or homeowners association before beginning your garden.