Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew

In All New Square Food Gardening, 3rd Edition, the best-selling gardening book in North America is relaunched and updated for the next generation of gardeners and beyond.

Since Square Foot Gardening was first introduced in 1981, the revolutionary new way to garden developed by Mel Bartholomew has helped millions of home gardeners grow more fresh produce in less space and with less work. Now, based largely on the input and experience of these millions, the system has been even further refined and improved to fully meet today's changing resources, needs, and challenges.

With over 150 new photos and illustrations, this new edition makes it easier than ever to achieve nearly-foolproof results in virtually any situation: 100% of the produce; 20% of the water; 5% of the work.

Perfect for experienced Square-Foot-Gardeners or beginners, the original method created by Mel has not changed in any significant way with this new 3rd edition of All New Square Foot Gardening. It remains: build a box; fill it with Mel's Mix; add a grid. But along with the classic steps, you will find some interesting and compelling new information, such as:

• Adding trellises and archways
• Substituting with new materials
• Adding automatic watering systems
• Thinking Outside the Box with creative configurations and shapes
• Square Foot Gardening in dense urban areas with little or no yard
• Square Foot Gardening with kids
• Crop protection

Don't wait another season to try Mel's brilliant approach to gardening We're sure it will work for you and you won't look back.

Mel Bartholomew was the creator and originator of the Square Foot Gardening system, as well as the author of All New Square Foot Gardening, which was America's best-selling gardening book for a decade. Since its publication in 1981, Bartholomew's guide has sold 2.5 million copies. He hosted a PBS TV show for five years before moving on to the Learning Channel and Discovery Network for three more years. Bartholomew was the founder of the Square Foot Gardening Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes every home in the globe to grow a little garden and eat fresh, uncontaminated vegetables. Mel Bartholomew created the unique square-foot approach to gardening in the 1970s and published the first book on the subject a few years later.

All New Square Foot Gardening, his follow-up book, was published in 2005 and has since made home gardening accessible to millions of people. He lives in California, and the Square Foot Gardening Foundation is based in South Carolina. Squarefoot Gardening may be found at www.squarefootgardening.com.

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ISBN 13	9780878573417
ISBN 10	0878573410
Title	Square Foot Gardening
Author	Mel Bartholomew
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Rodale Press
Year published	1981-02-15
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.