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All New Square Foot Gardening

Do you know what the best feature is in All New Square Foot Gardening?


Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground.


But, the best feature is that anyone, anywhere can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults with limited mobility, even complete novices can achieve spectacular results.


But, let's get back to the ten improvements. You're going to love them.

 

1)      New Location - Move your garden closer to your house by eliminating single-row gardening. Square Foot Garden needs just twenty percent of the space of a traditional garden.

2)      New Direction - Locate your garden on top of existing soil. Forget about pH soil tests, double-digging (who enjoys that?), or the never-ending soil improvements.

3)      New Soil - The new "Mel's Mix" is the perfect growing mix. Why, we even give you the recipe. Best of all, you can even buy the different types of compost needed.

4)      New Depth - You only need to prepare a SFG box to a depth of 6 inches! It's true--the majority of plants develop just fine when grown at this depth.

5)      No Fertilizer - The all new SFG does not need any fertilizer-ever! If you start with the perfect soil mix, then you don't need to add fertilizer.

6)      New Boxes - The new method uses bottomless boxes placed aboveground. We show you how to build your own (with step-by-step photos).

7)      New Aisles - The ideal gardening aisle width is about three to four feet. That makes it even easier to kneel, work, and harvest.

8)      New Grids - Prominent and permanent grids added to your SFG box help you visualize the planting squares and know how to space for maximum harvest.

9)      New Seed Saving Idea - The old-fashioned way advocates planting many seeds and then thinning the extras (that means pulling them up). The new method means planting a pinch- literally two or three seeds--per planting hole.

10)  Tabletop Gardens - The new boxes are so much smaller and lighter (only 6 inches of soil, remember?), you can add a plywood bottom to make them portable.

 

Of course, that's not all. We've also included simple, easy-to-follow instructions using lots of photos and illustrations. You're going to love it!

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jan-22-2009

I Can Garden!!!

I have never been able to grow a nice garden....until I bought this book. Gardening was just an outside chore, always having to pull weeds and be careful not to step on plants and accidentally pulling out plants instead of weeds, because you didn't know the difference.After buying and reading...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-31-2008

All New Square Foot Gardening

The title caught my interest because I have a very small garden space at my condo. I followed the directions exactly and had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year. The soil mixture was great. My overall rating was low because the author really does not indicate, for those of us who are...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-10-2008

All New Square Foot Gardening

Excellent book. Easy to understand, concise, and a perfect solution for successful vegetable gardening. Technique that any age can understand and do in any location. I am giving the book to all my friends for Christmas.

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Dec-03-2008

Big Yield Vegetable Gardening

Do you want a healthy, bountiful vegetable garden? Then just follow these simple, straight-forward instructions:* Prepare the garden using plenty of soil building compost.* Plant in wide beds or rows but not so wide that you can't reach your arm to the middle of the bed.* Plant so that plants...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-22-2008

Not for the experienced gardener

The book is has good info for the very beginner gardener. If you are more advanced, look to another book. This very basically explains raised bed planting with compost, vermiculite and peat and then heavily over planted on a grid. Not much info on companion planting or plating in general....

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-12-2008

wow

This book has opened my eyes to a new way of gardening. I am inspired and excited about the first box I just planted! Since I live where it's warmer, my fellow gardeners tell me we can have crops just about all year round. They are also watching my 'experiment' closely and have told my husband...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-08-2008

Mel's a Genius!

What a terrific idea! I spent 20 minutes watering my traditional garden in central Texas one day (no rain here for months). I noticed that the water just pooled into the aisles where I walk and thought about what a waste that was. Later, as I was walking with my friend she told me about her...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-03-2008

Now is the time to garden!

In this time of layoffs, economic uncertainty, rising prices. This is a good book to read and follow. Start building your containers now and be ready to plant come the spring.Excellent, frugal, and i can understand it and wont be a slave to the garden!

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-03-2008

Can't wait to give it a try!

This is a great book that is very simple to understand and easy to read. The ideas presented are very compelling and I can't wait to see the results of my square foot garden. Everything you need to know about starting your own garden is contained in this easy to use book. I would definitely...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Oct-25-2008

An excellent alternative to row gardening.

While I have not yet tried the methods of gardening in this book, I have to say that it makes sense. It is an easy way to set up a garden so that it is less work. I do wonder about larger plants like cabbages and zucchini plants that like to spread out, but I have to delve into the book more,...

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