Mel Bartholomew – Introducing Square Foot Gardening
March 31, 2010 by admin
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Square Foot Gardening (SFG) is a great way to convert that boring suburbia grass lawn into a sustainable produce isle. Don’t have a lawn? That’s cool- SFG can be done practically anywhere. Mel was kind enough to send me this DVD which gives a swift intro into SFG. This method is great for the absolute newbie who might be a tiny overwhelmed by starting that first organic garden. For more information, including including Mel’s favourite book & instructional dvds, check out: www.squarefootgardening.com
Good stuff, Mel. Check out my YouTube Garden videos.
Well isnt this just wonderful. Im 60 years old and Mel just taught Ive been a gardening dummy all my life. But we always did it this way. Well no more. Thank you Mel. Who says you cant teach an old dog new tricks.
This guy who invented this program/system gardening invention is a genius.
Wow! That’s super extrmeley and awesomely cool!
I’m going to buy the books!!!
Cool!
hi mel!!! i just bought 2 of your books. i luv it!!! thanks so much for all the info on gardening
I JUST GOT THE NEW BOOK IT IS GREAT!!
hey ccm800… Mel’s book has a plant spacing guide so you space out the veggies & other plants appropriately in each square.
Doesn’t one plant shade out the other?
might if you want to take the extra step, grow and use wild gourds. The leaves are the only plant that no bug will eat. so making a sun tea with the leaves means after you spay it on your plants–no bugs.
if you are in the mood.
You can also use small planting pots, a barrel or a small tub and grow things. Like I’ve got potatoes in a small barrel, and every time the plant gets to be about five inches tall, I cover it up 3/4 way with dirt, then it produces more potatoes, cuz it has to grow taller. Try it out for yourself.
I’m not Mel, but thanks!
Sounds like you’re doing great- keep up the good work. We need more of these Prosperity Gardens across the American landscape.
Love your book. And love my raised garden beds in my back yard. We have eaten great veggies and fruit all summer.
Fun!!! [sarcasm]
thats only 87%… what about the other 13% huh?
mel bartholomew is going to save the world
i chose the old way becasue your optimise space if you do it right but these look very nice
We’ve been doing SFG for a couple years now and it is so much better than the old way. Lower costs (especially after getting started), less waste, less water, and a lot less weeding. I spend more time getting my crops ready for the table.
David Will, founder of the Organic Living Club (OLC) in South Texas discussed using barrels to grow produce during our December meeting. You can watch it here:
watch?v=HivTEa6BMx4
or look for it on my YouTube homepage. -OT
I love SFG, I live in a city and have limited space so this system is wonderful. We have fruitfull crops year rounds thanks to SFG. The only improvment I ask for is translating SFG to crcular barrel type planters because I have 4 of those and would like to maximize their use as well.
So glad to have found your video. Square Foot Gardening is something I am planning for the 2009 growing season.
Thanks
This guy is no alan chadwick.
Raised bed gardening is great and attractive. I think row planting is best for large plots and more farm scale stuff. Intensive planting requires a lot of water. True the shade of the leaves holds it in the ground but the close planting causes a lot of competition for water among the plants.
What a tosser. He never invented this. It was being used in France well before he was even thought of!! What a cheek to claim HE invented it. The shame
Thank you so much
I’d stick to a local nursery for the ingredients- they need your support more than the box stores. Fertile Garden Supply carries quality organic products and will ship’em anywhere if its legal to do. Google’em and you’ll find’em.
Thanks for all this beautiful information. Where can you get these ingredients? Hardware store or Home Depot?