Category Archives: square foot gardening

Of all food producing systems the annual vegetable garden has the greatest potential to supply daily food (Permaculture College Australia)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

Read at : http://permaculture.com.au/online/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:-harvesting-the-suburbs-and-small-space-gardens-micro-eden-series-2&catid=27:articles&Itemid=55 Harvesting the Suburbs and Small-space Gardens Micro-Eden Series #2 Micro Eden Series: Making the most of small spaces to reduce food miles to meters with Robyn Francis Anyone can have a garden. “Small is beautiful” and … Continue reading →

Posted in small-space gardening, square foot gardening, urban agriculture/farming

Involving young people in food production in arid regions (Willem)

Posted on October 22, 2008 by

During the last 20 years, we have booked a lot of successes with involving girls and boys in food production in arid and semi-arid regions. No one denies that children are very keen on participating in gardening activities.  Many initiatives … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, allotment gardens, container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, family gardens, food / food security, food crisis, Gardening / Horticulture, gardening kids, hunger / famine, indoor gardening, malnutrition, poverty, school gardens, small-space gardening, Social dimensions, square foot gardening, urban gardening, vegetables, vertical gardening

Farming or gardening with old tyres instead of containers (Comment Dev Raj Paudel)

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

A new comment on the post #251 “Great ideas for container gardening” :http://containergardening.wordpress.com/great-ideas-for-container-gardening/ Author : Dev Raj Paudel E-mail : merodev@gmail.comComment: Has anyone heard about farming on old tyres instead of containers on rooftops? If yes, please kindly send me … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, erosion, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, herb gardens, irrigation, raised bed gardening, rooftop gardening, school gardens, small-space gardening, Soil, square foot gardening, sustainable development, sustainable gardening, terrace garden, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, Water, water management | 1 Comment

Wide Row Raised Bed Gardening (Dave’s Garden)

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

Read at : Dave’s Garden Weekly Newsletter http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/618/?utm_source=nl_2008-01-28&utm_medium=email Wide Row Raised Bed Gardening-The perfect plan for the lazy gardener By Catherine Smith (doccat5)Rather than plant single straight rows in your garden, try planting wide rows. Several advantages are listed below … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening / Horticulture, raised bed gardening, square foot gardening | Leave a comment

Bottlerack gardening: the greatest idea in agriculture ? (Willem / MMC)

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

Bottlerack gardening: the greatest idea in agriculture ? On May 12, 2007, I published a message on my ideas about “Gardening in a bottlerack“. MMC has been adding very interesting comments to it : (1) Feb 11, 8:47 AM : … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, container/bottle gardening, Gardening / Horticulture, irrigation, soil conditioning, square foot gardening, Success stories - best practices, Technologies, water management | Leave a comment

Square Foot Gardening With Children (Google Alert / White Plate Harvest)

Posted on January 26, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – gardening http://whiteplate.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/square-foot-gardening-with-children-and-kids-tools/ Square Foot Gardening With Children (and Kid’s Tools!) Introduction I started putting in a 100 sq ft kitchen garden for myself last summer. I’m still nowhere close to being done installing beds and … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening / Horticulture, square foot gardening | Leave a comment

Square Foot Gardening (Google Alert / Howdididoit)

Posted on November 30, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert / gardening http://www.howdididoit.com/29/915/ Square foot gardening Square Foot Gardening is a technique that was developed by Mel Bartholomew, back in the 70’s. Mel Bartholomew is a retired engineer, who instituted a system of intensive planting … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening / Horticulture, Soil, square foot gardening, Water | 1 Comment

Microfranchising and squarefoot gardening (Google Alert / Microfranchising)

Posted on September 1, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert – gardening Microfranchising http://microfranchising.blogspot.com/2007/08/squarefoot-gardening-goes-micro.html Squarefoot Gardening goes micro I was at a presentation last Friday where the founder of the concept of Square Foot Gardening, Mel Bartholemew, presented his company’s newest product: a prepackaged, no-tool-required, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening / Horticulture, microfinance - franchising, square foot gardening | Leave a comment

Mel, the expert on Square Foot Gardening (Google Alert / Deseret Morning News)

Posted on August 18, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert for gardening Deseret Morning News http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695200499,00.html Expert to teach small-space gardening He’ll talk on basics, preparing soil and seasonal planting By Rodger L. Hardy Deseret Morning News Published: Aug. 16, 2007   PROVO — Traditional … Continue reading →

Posted in community gardens, Gardening / Horticulture, school gardens, square foot gardening | Leave a comment

Interested in square-foot gardening (Google Alert / Huntsville Times)

Posted on August 13, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert for Gardening The Huntsville Times http://www.al.com/living/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/living/1186824114321080.xml&coll=1 Square-foot gardening produces tasty veggies, brings out neighbors   Saturday, August 11, 2007By FRANK BROWN Times Features Editor frank.brown@htimes.com When it’s time to prepare dinner, Shannon McBride sometimes strolls … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening / Horticulture, square foot gardening | Leave a comment