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Re: New to sq. ft. questions

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Richard Davidson wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> Hi,
> I'm new to this list and square foot technique, although I've been gardening
> for a few years. As Mel's book says, I've probably been planting too much.
> But, we can and freeze a lot of tomatoes, pickles, corn, peas, etc. Plus, I
> store potatoes, celeriac, carrots, etc. in a small root cellar.
> I like the idea of not needing to rototill and weed so much ground. But,
> this square foot method seems to be aimed at small gardens, like just a few
> squares.
> Does anyone use this method on a larger scale? I've been trying to estimate
> how many squares I would need and come up with 30 to 40. Does anyone use
> this method on this size or larger?
> I'm also wondering on how well this method would work for potatoes. Mel's
> book does not mention potatoes. Has anyone planted potatoes in squares?

Mel's second book, _Cash from Square Foot Gardening_ does cover
methods of scaling up his system.
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