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Re: Large Scale Gardening

>>...I'm wondering if there are any fairly
>>large organic farms/gardens out there that use the square foot
>>technique or some variation of it.  I'd imagine that we would need at
>>least 100 squares or more for the amount of produce we have.
>
>For this amount, the SQFT method is the wrong method. You'll have much
>less work with classic row culture and still can do mixed cropping easily.
>100 squares of 4x4 feet correspond to about 150 square meters, paths included.
>That's about the size of a conventional farmer's garden here: 10 beds,
>120 cm wide, 10 m long, paths 30 cm wide (30 cm is about 1 foot).
>
>Nothing against the SQFT method! It's the best method I know for small gardens.
>With 9 squares, you will be happy, with 100 squares, you will waste your time.
>
What about the bio-intensive method?  I know that there are many strong
proponents of this method.

Regards,

Laurie

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