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  • #76
    Suky...
    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ure_41837.html
    and
    Manure - check provenance before buying
    ...are probably required reading before you go ahead and get a load of that muck.

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    • #77
      Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
      Play safe & keep your root veg away from it Suky.
      Originally posted by organic View Post
      Suky...
      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ure_41837.html
      and
      Manure - check provenance before buying
      ...are probably required reading before you go ahead and get a load of that muck.
      Bigmally, I knew one of the groups didn't like rich food! Thanks.

      Organic, thanks for the prompt, checked, luckily she doesn't spray with anything so no probs there. She has only a small concern (keeps miniature horses too!) and they use the manure on their own crops too so I didn't expect there to be a problem.

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      • #78
        beautiful mud

        On my way, my lovely son mixed the ingredients for my 1m x 2m square foot bed, ok gonna work out the imperial to metric eventually, but it is a sight to behold, 1/3 compost, 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 peat moss, not sure how growing your own sits with using the planets resources i.e. peat moss, but right now don't give a monkeys, it looks so good wanna photograph it for posterity, wish me luck, I'm gonna need it

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        • #79
          Suky - sounds good to me.

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Dazy View Post
            On my way, my lovely son mixed the ingredients for my 1m x 2m square foot bed, ok gonna work out the imperial to metric eventually, but it is a sight to behold, 1/3 compost, 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 peat moss, not sure how growing your own sits with using the planets resources i.e. peat moss, but right now don't give a monkeys, it looks so good wanna photograph it for posterity, wish me luck, I'm gonna need it
            Good luck Dazy, hope you get good results.
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            • #81
              I think I'm going to devote on of my beds to this, but adapt some of the priciples. Last year I grew some pretty massive onions, which were great, but I wonder whether the productivity will be greater under this scheme for things like onions, garlic, carrots, beetroot, parsnips, beans etc.?
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              • #82
                Originally posted by Dazy View Post
                On my way, my lovely son mixed the ingredients for my 1m x 2m square foot bed, ok gonna work out the imperial to metric eventually, but it is a sight to behold, 1/3 compost, 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 peat moss, not sure how growing your own sits with using the planets resources i.e. peat moss, but right now don't give a monkeys, it looks so good wanna photograph it for posterity, wish me luck, I'm gonna need it
                which compost did you use?

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                • #83
                  Many thanks for the great presentation. I'm looking to veg garden properly for the first time this year, and this seems like a sensible way to start.

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                  • #84
                    I have decided that this is the way to go in my garden, room for a little bit of everything. One question though - which of the square ft books should I buy? As Mel Bartholomew seems to have brought out a few.

                    I am planning to give my son a few squares of his own, to keep his interest in gardening going this year.

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by gillian62 View Post
                      I have decided that this is the way to go in my garden, room for a little bit of everything. One question though - which of the square ft books should I buy? As Mel Bartholomew seems to have brought out a few.

                      I am planning to give my son a few squares of his own, to keep his interest in gardening going this year.
                      I would assume you would buy the most recent book Gillian.
                      Last edited by Bigmallly; 13-03-2010, 08:49 AM.
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                      • #86
                        Got mine yesterday will be reading and making plans ASAP
                        http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sarajjohnson
                        http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...blogs/pipkins/

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                        • #87
                          I've been reading all the square foot gardening stuff with interest and I've seen a website with a tool where you can plan your garden by dragging and dropping pictures, which was great.

                          It had pretty pictures on a sliding bar at the top that you dropped into a grid the size of your patch.

                          I stupidly didn't bookmark it and now I can't find it. Does anybody know where it is?

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                          • #88
                            Ignore me, I've found it - Square Foot Garden, Squarefoot Gardening Tips, Square Foot Gardening Plans

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                            • #89
                              Is this it?.

                              http://drgndrop.com/garden/dragDropGarden.swf
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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                                No, it's the one I linked to at the same time as your post, but that one's good as well, especially with showing plant heights.

                                That's something I know nothing about and as you're supposed to plant the tallest ones at the back, that could be a problem if I have no idea how tall these things grow (said Adam to Eve).

                                Thanks for the site find

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