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Subject: Re: Hello I am New
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>Wendy- You really WILL get so much more from this list if you read
Mel's book- cover to cover- a couple of times-it takes a while for it all to
sink in- people here do share their improvising and ideas
that they have come up with that weren't included in the book- but the
basic theme is an important one and it will be a lot easier for you to work
with once the season starts rolling and things start happening fast( and they
will!) if you are already very familiar with the book and how SQ foot works.
The other thing that really helped me was to to to the archives and do a
search- you can go to the sq foot garden page- and type in a key word or
phrase and you will get all kinds of posts on what diiferent people did
for just about anything- from lighting sytems, irrigations systems, raised
beds- etc- without having to wait for a response or for someone to tell you
that you should have read it in the book.Believe me- whatever you are gonna
ask- it has probably been asked before and there's lots of ideas in the
archives. I have never had much money so my raised beds are made from used
waterbed frames- . 12 by 2 inches - - pine but who cares- I treated them
with linseed oil and they will last long enough for me to be happy.I also
collected used redwood benches and picnic tables- took them apart and
stacked the 6 by 1's to make raised beds. These materials were
throwaways destined for the garbage at neighborhood cleanup time. If I had my
preferences- I would use cedar boards- expensive but beautiful and last a long
time. I would never use pressure treased lumber or railroad ties becasue of
the chemicals in them. If you do a search on raised beds in the
archives- you will come up with many patterns suggested and used by this
clever bunch of folks.- but DO read the book. I can tell you from experience
that it is faster than waiting for an answer if you are in a hurry and if you
are serious about sq ft gardening then you should consider it required
reading-especially if you already have the book. I had it for years before I
read it and when I found this forum- it inspired me to open it up. Good
luck-Teri
Greetings,
> I have had the Sq foot gardening book for few years and have
only been dreaming of using this tecnique. We live in Middle Georgia I am not
sure of my zone. I have HOT summers and some freezing in the winter. I would
like to know how to start. What kind of wood do I use to make the 4x4 sq
raised beds? We have clay here in GA, thus I am planing on making the soil Mel
tells us about in the book. thanks and I am happy to have found this list.
>
>Sincerely,
>Wendy
>Wife to Luie (10 years in September)Mom to Steve 25, Stepmom to
Isaac 17,Mom to Josh 8, Mom to Joey 7 and Grandma to Makayla Rae who will be 2
in May!
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