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Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds |
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List Price: $18.95
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Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9781585743124
ISBN: 1585743127
Label: The Lyons Press
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Studio: The Lyons Press
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Summary: We don't know yet...
Comment: But, we are certainly going to enjoy finding out how good this book really is.
The explanations are clear and we are already planning the crops we will have in the four beds we intend to make according to the instructions.
We are going to retire to Kunming, in the South-western Chinese province of Yunnan. The weather is sort of Mediterranean, except we are about 2000 m above sea level. Old rich red volcanic soil.
We should be happy. Keep tabs, we'll post our progress for you to see.
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Summary: Cubed Foot Gfardening
Comment: This book is a poor imitation of "All New Square Foot Gardening". I totally disagree with much of the opinion and information offered as facts.
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Summary: Informative
Comment: Enjoyed this presentation. Can't really see difference between cubed foot gardening and square foot gardening.
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Summary: Square Foot Gardening is better
Comment: Why go the expensive chemical route? It is safer, cheaper and better tasting to go organic-new scientific testing has proven what we already knew! So skip this book and get Square Foot Gardening instead.
JMSWilson
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Summary: Excellant Start For Backyard Gardeners
Comment: Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1TS6AHKY4KN4C PHOTO SLIDESHOW: The pictures with this review are a daily account of the garden I raised last year using much of the advice from this book.
BOOK REVIEW: Chris Bird believes it's easier to grow a garden in raised beds, and in this book, he shows you how. Bird details the fundamentals of cubed foot gardening (how to build the boxes, space considerations, etc) and gives a brief introduction to the most popular vegetables grown in the US. He includes a useful season planting guide, which should be used instead of everyone's grandparents' methods like "plant corn two Mondays after the first dogwood bloom."
The most appealing aspect of the book is the personal voice of the author. More than a how-to guide, this is one man's story about his successes and failures. He even admits when his method may not be the best or points out his many setbacks in his life of gardening.
I was given this book one year after I started gardening in raised beds and have spent the last year correcting many of the mistakes I made on my own. Along with the seasonal planting guide and suggestions on which crops to plant, I learned creative designs for trellises and innovative planting techniques, including a brilliant "salt shaker" method of scattering small seeds evenly over an area.
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