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Re: Dividers

I bought some cheap and very thin dowels (those long wooden sticks you
find in various diameters at the Home Depot or whatever store), and broke
them up into smallish (6" or so) segments. Then I'd measure out my
4x4' bed and lay these along the dividing lines before planting that bed.
Once all 16 squares were fully planted for the season, I picked them up
so they wouldn't get in the way of my weeding. Actually, I ran out of
segments and found that twigs and broken pieces of bamboo
stakes worked just fine too.

Except for the respondent who had to worry about kids arguing about
boundaries, I can't imagine why it would matter where the exact squares
are 3 months into the growing season, unless you are trying to come
up with a permanent, multi-season solution. I don't for one minute think
the roots below the soil are paying any attention to my artificial little
squares.

Melissa S.

At 11:48 PM 1/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Last year was my first year using square foot gardening. I used string to
>divide my squares. I found that after about three months the string had
>rotted away. What do you out there on the sqft list use to divide your
>squares?
>
>Kurt (So. Cal/Sunset zone 21)
>
Melissa Silvestre
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