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Yeah, it's pretty incredible. And it's perfect for families like mine where it's just me and hubby. Of course, larger families could use square foot gardening too. They'd just need more boxes.
Another benefit of SFG is it is not as labor intensive as a traditional row garden. Since you start with "clean dirt", there's no weed seeds already in the mix, so there's almost no weeding to do - except for the few deposited by birds and wind. And with vermiculite in the soil it doesn't compact, and pulling weeds out requires very little effort! Check out Square Foot Gardening to learn more.
SFG is really fun, and had the chicks not arrived, my garden might have survived the summer this year. After the peeps got here, I spent time all my free time with them and none in the garden because chicks are cuter than vegetables...
I'm pretty excited about being able to add chicken manure to my compost pile, and I'm hoping for better results this winter and next spring!
Rachel
Yeah, it's pretty incredible. And it's perfect for families like mine where it's just me and hubby. Of course, larger families could use square foot gardening too. They'd just need more boxes.
Another benefit of SFG is it is not as labor intensive as a traditional row garden. Since you start with "clean dirt", there's no weed seeds already in the mix, so there's almost no weeding to do - except for the few deposited by birds and wind. And with vermiculite in the soil it doesn't compact, and pulling weeds out requires very little effort! Check out Square Foot Gardening to learn more.
SFG is really fun, and had the chicks not arrived, my garden might have survived the summer this year. After the peeps got here, I spent time all my free time with them and none in the garden because chicks are cuter than vegetables...
I'm pretty excited about being able to add chicken manure to my compost pile, and I'm hoping for better results this winter and next spring!
Rachel
