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May 10, 2006
Square Foot Gardening
Don't make the mistake of buying the first square foot gardening book -- Mel Bartholomew states its "obsolete" in his "All New Square Foot Gardening". (Why is the first still sold in bookstores, then?)
Mel's a great process engineer, and it shows. We've tested a few of his methods and, thus far, they work well.
Making Mel's Mix by blending it with a tarp, for example, took only a minute or so, saving us quite a lot of shoveling.
The grid system is great (we use twine to mark the grids; Mel recommends lath -- but we have a lot of twine and no lath at hand). We use small painted rocks to mark empty grids.
Much less water, much more garden in much less space, attractive and weed free, and no damned digging -- what's not to like?
Top 2 rows: carrots in the first grid, then different kinds of fingerling potatoes
3rd row: younger carrots, radishes and lettuce not sprouted yet
4th row: sprouting carrots, 2 blank grids
Posted by Sue at May 10, 2006 01:14 PM