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This is our first season, we have just made and filled (with top soil) three 6x5ft raised beds - then I came across the square foot gardening idea.
The secret of SFG seems to be the soil mixture he uses, obviously after buying 6 tonne of topsoil, getting rid of that and filling it with his mix is not an option! I presume is mixture is so rich, thats why you dont have to do the manure, lime, compost thing each year.
So my question is can I kinda do a bit of both, so i can improve the topsoil each year as intended...........can I..... do the rotation system ie roots, brassicas and third bed (which is classed as what please), but within those three beds do the SFG, where possible not planting the same crop side by side, end of the year the beds all move along like traditional method.
Hope I've explained ok so you understand
Thanks in advance
The secret of SFG seems to be the soil mixture he uses, obviously after buying 6 tonne of topsoil, getting rid of that and filling it with his mix is not an option! I presume is mixture is so rich, thats why you dont have to do the manure, lime, compost thing each year.
So my question is can I kinda do a bit of both, so i can improve the topsoil each year as intended...........can I..... do the rotation system ie roots, brassicas and third bed (which is classed as what please), but within those three beds do the SFG, where possible not planting the same crop side by side, end of the year the beds all move along like traditional method.
Hope I've explained ok so you understand
Thanks in advance
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