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Re: veggie beds/person?

>since the subjects come up, i'd like to talk some more about this...
>mel recommends no more than 2 sq. for 1 person to manage the first year.  i'm
>jumping into the eq. of four (2 beds at 4X8' each) and justifying it by my
>(limited) experience with gardening.  how many beds would a heavy veggie eater
>need/person to supply the food?  i'm not as interested in putting foods away
>for the winter, just eating alot of fresh homegrown produce this summer.
>variety in the foods is important to me to which automatically requires more
>space.

The problem here is not the amount of food, but management (as you said).
It takes work to keep up with weeding and watering. Okay, it's not as much
work as it could be doing it the non-SQ way, but it's still work. It's easy
to stop all weeding & etc. when there gets to be too much of it for you
("too much" varies by individual, of course). My opinion, for what it's
worth, is that it's best to start with too little space than too much. You
can always grow more next year, right?

That said, 2 beds of 4x8 doesn't seem like too much to me for a beginner.
It's about what I started with. However, I ignored Mel's watering advice
and just used a sprinkler system.


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          Backup Minister of Superfluous Government Positions
       and Holder of Past Knowledge, Dogbert's New Ruling Class
                  "I'm fine, but I need more funding."

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