{"id":204,"date":"2006-01-23T15:44:32","date_gmt":"2006-01-23T23:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/wpblog\/?p=204"},"modified":"2006-02-06T06:35:01","modified_gmt":"2006-02-06T14:35:01","slug":"square-foot-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kateandryan.net\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Square Foot Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe All New Square Foot Gardening<\/a> by Mel Bartholomew<\/p>\n

I’ve been reading the last version of the book and I’ve ordered this latest edition. Our situation is a bit different than he talks about – but not too much. Our containers aren’t in a neat 4×4 grid. Instead we’ve got five containers, each with a two 12″ squares (well, a little more than 12″). That gives us only ten squares to work with – not up to even one of Bartholomew’s 16 block squares. Not quite enough for even one person. Obviously there’s a limit to what we can produce on our tiny porch. Particularly with a balcony overhead. <\/p>\n

Anyway, I hope to implement some of the ideas from the book even if we can’t do the whole thing now. I’m still experimenting with the best way to handle the Earthboxes. I think they’re staying too wet. I’m going to fill the bottom with gravel this year to decrease the water. Maybe if they got more sun it’d be okay but I think the soil is getting too wet. It seems waterlogged. <\/p>\n

Today I took the mulch covers off and turned the soil to try and get it to dry out a bit. I’m not keeping the soil in there. I’m going to clean the boxes out and start over this year. It should be interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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