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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

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ISBN: 1591862027

Book Title: All New Square Foot Gardening

Item Length: 9.9in

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Publication Year: 2006

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.6in

Author: Mel Bartholomew

Genre: Gardening

Topic: Vegetables, General

Item Width: 7.1in

Item Weight: 22.9 Oz

Number of Pages: 272 Pages

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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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Quarto Publishing Group USA

ISBN-10

1591862027

ISBN-13

9781591862024

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Book Title

All New Square Foot Gardening

Author

Mel Bartholomew

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Topic

Vegetables, General

Publication Year

2006

Genre

Gardening

Number of Pages

272 Pages

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Item Length

9.9in

Item Height

0.6in

Item Width

7.1in

Item Weight

22.9 Oz

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Sb321.B37 2006

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"Bartholomew, author of the popular Square Foot Gardening (1981), has refined his original square-foot gardening concept by adding ten improvements, including a new location for the garden that is closer to the house, a special soil mix, and six-inch deep, 4' x 4' above-ground boxes with grids. His techniques do not require heavy digging or fertilizers and feature advice on using vertical gardening to save space. He clearly explains the square-foot concept, from the rationale behind it (the square-foot garden takes up much less space than traditional row gardening and saves time, money, and aggravation) to how to plan the garden, build the boxes and vertical supports, and employ his planting and cultural techniques. There are also helpful charts for succession planting and spacing plants and a schedule for starting seeds indoors. Despite its somewhat annoying tendency to read like an infomercial, this attractive, easy-to-understand, and well-organized book for both novice and experienced gardeners is recommended for all libraries. " - Library Journal, "Bartholomew, author of the popular Square Foot Gardening (1981), has refined his original square-foot gardening concept by adding ten improvements, including a new location for the garden that is closer to the house, a special soil mix, and six-inch deep, 4' x 4' above-ground boxes with grids. His techniques do not require heavy digging or fertilizers and feature advice on using vertical gardening to save space. He clearly explains the square-foot concept, from the rationale behind it (the square-foot garden takes up much less space than traditional row gardening and saves time, money, and aggravation) to how to plan the garden, build the boxes and vertical supports, and employ his planting and cultural techniques. There are also helpful charts for succession planting and spacing plants and a schedule for starting seeds indoors. Despite its somewhat annoying tendency to read like an infomercial, this attractive, easy-to-understand, and well-organized book for both novice and experienced gardeners is recommended for all libraries. " -- Library Journal

2006

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2005-025355

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635

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All New Square Foot Gardening Ser.

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by kathrope
May 03, 2017Top favorable review
Confidence to try again!!
Book is very informative, yet concepts presented in easy to understand format--many pictures to illustrate. I have a huge garden which I have put a lot of time into over the years. Living in AZ, if you do not get everything right (especially the watering and weed/grass control) it is tough to get through to harvest time, especially in the summer. We have built block planters (closed bottom with drip water system on a timer) and are ready now to try again. Obtaining the ingredients for Mel's Mix in bulk was a challenge. Decided to substitute coconut coir for most of the peat moss (more renewable). Found a great soil mix at Western Organics (Gro Well Brands) in Phoenix that had most of what I wanted for $32.50/Yd called their Premium Potting Soil. It contains compost, humus (earthworm ... Book is very informative, yet concepts presented in easy to understand format--many pictures to illustrate. I have a huge garden which I have put a lot of time into over the years. Living in AZ, if you do not get everything right (especially the watering and weed/grass control) it is tough to get through to harvest time, especially in the summer. We have built block planters (closed bottom with drip water system on a timer) and are ready now to try again. Obtaining the ingredients for Mel's Mix in bulk was a challenge. Decided to substitute coconut coir for most of the peat moss (more renewable). Found a great soil mix at Western Organics (Gro Well Brands) in Phoenix that had most of what I wanted for $32.50/Yd called their Premium Potting Soil. It contains compost, humus (earthworm castings), bark fine, lava rock sand (very light) and some vermiculite (close to 5%). I ordered some 4 cu ft bags of vermiculite to add into it (greenhousemegastore) 6 bags for $41 plus shipping--ended up being way less expensive than anything I could find locally. Our local Summer Winds Nursery had the coconut coir blocks (11 lb. block for $12). I found it online for $10 (after hours of searching) but add the shipping and you are close to $20/block. A block expands to 2.5 cu ft. Can't wait to get started!
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by teechr2
Apr 09, 2010
Quick & easy gardening
I bought this book about 3 weeks ago, and it inspired me enough that we have built three of these little gardens since. The author is a little overbearing as in "you have to have a grid" to call it a Square Foot Garden, but I like his ideas about using a raised box, keeping it small enough to work from any side, mixing our own soil, and planting close together. I love his planting charts, so that I know how many plants will fit in each square. Mel's soil mix is made from compost, peat moss, and vermiculite. I could not find large bags of vermiculite, so we used fewer and smaller bags of perlite, so our soil mix isn't exactly the same. I think we could have used the Miracle Grow soil and achieved similar results. We don't have much sunny, flat space for gardens, and our clay soil is so ... I bought this book about 3 weeks ago, and it inspired me enough that we have built three of these little gardens since. The author is a little overbearing as in "you have to have a grid" to call it a Square Foot Garden, but I like his ideas about using a raised box, keeping it small enough to work from any side, mixing our own soil, and planting close together. I love his planting charts, so that I know how many plants will fit in each square. Mel's soil mix is made from compost, peat moss, and vermiculite. I could not find large bags of vermiculite, so we used fewer and smaller bags of perlite, so our soil mix isn't exactly the same. I think we could have used the Miracle Grow soil and achieved similar results. We don't have much sunny, flat space for gardens, and our clay soil is so awful that we had previously given up on growing any of our own vegetables, especially root vegetables like beets and radishes. Even the local farmers' markets don't ever offer root crops. Things are starting to sprout, and I am optimistic about my tiny gardens. Now I want to get some compost bins started -- I'm just looking for a place to put them.
by sewingmom2treasures
Nov 05, 2018
Help with Gardening that came highly recommended.
I plan to garden next spring and this book came highly recommended as a newer version with photos and helpful tips by a family member who had used it previously. I have glossed through it quickly and it looks like it will be insightful in my gardening endeavors. I am happy with the content and hope to see rewarding fruits from my labors...that's my hope. =)
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by insectorx
Apr 29, 2017
For a gardening book, it's surprisingly easy to read.
Want to get into gardening, but really aren't a gardener? This might be the book you want. written by an engineer that wanted to say time and energy but still get great result. this book offers a simple method to get your hands dirty and grow some plants.
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by C504-7KLS_u@Deleted
May 08, 2007
Now anyone can garden!
For years we've had the big, row-style garden. Each year borrowing a tiller and setting aside at least a weekend for tilling, planting, etc. We'd string two hoses together to make them long enough to reach the garden (the only spot large enough). With babies and surgeries, we weren't sure it was worth the effort. Then I read about square foot gardening. I read other reviews and really pondered it and figured I wouldn't have anything to lose buying the book. So we purchased the book and it was so easy to read! It was well organized and used "real" language. We decided to follow his advice and start small. We built one 4 x 4 box and mixed soil (we did not follow his exact advice this year regarding three-part mix) and planted. Then there was a late froze, so we had to replant everything ... For years we've had the big, row-style garden. Each year borrowing a tiller and setting aside at least a weekend for tilling, planting, etc. We'd string two hoses together to make them long enough to reach the garden (the only spot large enough). With babies and surgeries, we weren't sure it was worth the effort. Then I read about square foot gardening. I read other reviews and really pondered it and figured I wouldn't have anything to lose buying the book. So we purchased the book and it was so easy to read! It was well organized and used "real" language. We decided to follow his advice and start small. We built one 4 x 4 box and mixed soil (we did not follow his exact advice this year regarding three-part mix) and planted. Then there was a late froze, so we had to replant everything except potatoes. But with this style of gardening, it was no big deal!!! I can do it all on my knees. No more back pain, no more blisters from hoeing! The children LOVE it b/c they can see exactly what we have and have learned to identify which plants have what names. I am so glad to have found this book and plan to expand year after year. What a blessing this book as been to us. My friends see it and now want one - they can have a garden even in their small subdivision backyards!

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