Garden Tools

To plant potatoes in a square foot garden, use loose 12-inch-deep soil, plant one seed potato per square, and keep tubers buried in hilled soil.

To plant potatoes in a small garden, use early seed tubers, loose fertile soil, snug spacing, and regular hilling or containers for a generous harvest.

To plant potatoes in a raised bed garden, prepare loose soil, space seed pieces 10–12 inches apart, set them 3–5 inches deep, then hill as they grow.

Planting potatoes in a home garden means using seed potatoes, loose sunny soil, steady moisture, and hilling to pull in a steady crop.

To plant potatoes in a container garden, use a large pot with drainage, rich compost, spaced seed pieces, and keep topping up soil as stems grow.

Plant pot plants in garden beds by hardening them off, preparing loose soil, setting the roots level, and watering deeply.

To measure garden pots, record the top diameter, height, and base width, then use those numbers to match pot volume and plant needs.

To measure a garden pot, record the top diameter, internal height, and shape so you can match pot size and volume to your plant’s roots.

A homemade zen garden rake uses a wood head and dowel teeth sized to match your sand bed and raking style.

To make your own garden stakes, cut and sand sturdy material, weatherproof it, then label and push each stake into moist soil near your plants.