my friend had told me about another gardening method to try. read the book in the second half of the summer and decided to give it a try. square foot gardening by mel bartholomew. retired engineer. http://www.squarefootgardening.org/. i built two 4'x4' boxes out of 2x8 pine untreated. made the mix - 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 compost (that we made ourselves!). very loose stuff once we got it all mixed. they key is supposed to be the soil mix, the fact that you never walk on it, and the grid -- you divided th 4x4 box up in to 16 one-foot squares. i used twine strung between nails to grid off one box and went ahead and planted some lettuce 2 weekends ago to try and get a fall crop in. starting to sprout already. the soil mix seems to really hold moisture well. given how loose it is though, i wonder how it will do with larger plants like tomatoes.
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