How to build a square foot garden spacing guide

Step one
Use an electric sander to shape one end of the 8mm thick dowel into a point, as shown.

Step two
Drill an 8mm hole three-quarters of the way through the centre of the 12mm dowel. Start by drilling a small pilot hole to guide the larger drill bit.

Step three
Use wood glue to fasten the flat end of the 8mm dowel in the hole in the 12mm dowel to create a dibber.

Step four
Measure the depth of your square timber board and mark this distance on the dibber, up from the pointed end. From this initial mark, make additional marks every centimetre along the dibber, as shown.

Step five
On the 300mm x 300mm square timber board, draw a grid with lines spaced 12.5mm apart, as shown.

Step six
Mark points on the grid as follows:

• Start with a point three lines in and three lines down from the top-left corner, then mark a point every six lines across the grid and then down the grid to create 16 points (four evenly spaced lines of four points on the grid).

• Repeat this process four lines in and four lines down, placing more points every eight lines to create a further nine points (three evenly spaced lines of three points on the grid).

• Repeat this process to add four more points, each being six lines in diagonally from the corners.

Step seven
Drill small pilot holes at each marked point, then drill 9mm holes.

Step eight
Erase the pencil marks and sand down any rough edges.

Step nine
Trace a circle around each hole using a small washer.

Step ten
Paint a circle around the set of 16 holes using Resene West Side.

Step eleven
Paint a circle around the set of four holes using Resene Gobstopper.

Step twelve
Paint a circle around the set of nine holes using Resene Spritzer.