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  • From: "Sharon Gordon" <gordonse@one.net>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] What Mother Earth News said in 1980 about more food in less space
  • Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:39:23 -0400

And for people who would like up to date info on this method, the 7th
edition of John Jeavons How To Grow More Vegetables book is recently out.
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=BEA-0300

Any of the three Square Foot Gardening books by Mel Bartholomew are also
helpful. His books have excellent info on making the most of vertical
growing space. Suggestions for structures are included.
http://www.squarefootgardening.com/

If you are in an area where the soil is very thin and mostly rocks are just
underneath, another successful strategy is lasagne gardening.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic_gardening/1999_April_May/Lasagna_Gardening

And to have fresh food through the winter, four season harvest techniques
work well.
http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/

Sharon
gordonse@one.net





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