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Re: sqft: bush beans

>Hi, Andreas.
>>Just as an explanation: I have 3 types of gardens: A huge one with standard
>>beds for decades, SQFT for 18 months now, and a Franck garden since one year.
>
>What's a Franck garden?



Reposted (err, it's a bit out of topic, don't wipe me off, please, Melissa):

...but there are other methods allowing for organic gardening on a
commercial base with ease, good crop mixing and succession.
The drawback here is that I know only of literature in German.

A good and fascinating method was "invented" by Gertrude Franck:
  There are no beds.
  Rows are 50 cm wide.
  Between the rows, Spinach is sown in spring.
  Lots of mulch is added between the rows ("flat composting").
  There is no digging.
  "A"-rows are for huge crops like Tomatoes and Pole Beans.
  "B"-rows are for one-season crops like Leek or Cabbage.
  "C"-rows are for "fast" crops like Lettuce or Fennel.
  Rows are ACBCACBC... in succession.
  Every year, rows are shifted 25 cm (half a row).

The original book is:

Franck, Gertrud
Gesunder Garten durch Mischkultur
Muenchen: Suedwest-Verlag, 1980
ISBN 3-517-00720-X

There is even a book written by a commercial grower
about the usability of the method:

Langerhorst, Jakobus
Mischkultur im Gemuesebau - Mit Pflanzen guten Boden schaffen
Klagenfurt: NOI-Verlag, 1986
ISBN 3-900453-01-2

Don't hesitate to try an European method.
I'm doing American sq.ft. gardening in Europe, so what?



Andreas


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