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Ruth Stout's mulching method

I have found three books by Ruth Stout at our library:
   _How to Have a Green Thumb without an Aching Back_
   _Gardening Without Work_
   _No-Work Garden Book_

They were published from the late 1950s to 1971, and she was in her
mid-seventies when she wrote the middle book in 1961, so I'm sure that
she has surely passed away by now. For those of you who aren't familiar
with her major principle, it's deep mulching with organic materials
(mostly hay and leaves, but also anything that you would put into a
traditional compost heap--in fact she does not believe that a compost
heap is necessary--kind of sheet composting, I guess) and no
digging/tilling/etc. The result of mulching year after year is a very
rich soil. Is there anyone on the sqft list who uses her method in the
sqft garden? If so, I'd like to know how it's worked for you, and if it's
adequate for the extra nutritional needs of the closer-spaced planting in
the sqft garden.

I'm interested mostly in hearing the evaluations of those who have
actually tried it, with success or with failure, rather the objections of
those who haven't tried/wouldn't try it. :-D

Rob

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Robert Loach   (Greenville SC)   RobLoach@juno.com
It rarely occurs to teenagers that the day will come when they'll know as
little as their parents.
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