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Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds

Cubed Foot Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds
Author: Christopher O. Bird
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 19 reviews
Sales Rank: 55310

Media: Paperback
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Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.4

ISBN: 1585743127
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9781585743124

Publication Date: December 1, 2001
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3 out of 5 stars We don't know yet...   November 22, 2008
But, we are certainly going to enjoy finding out how good this book really is.

The explanations are clear and we are already planning the crops we will have in the four beds we intend to make according to the instructions.

We are going to retire to Kunming, in the South-western Chinese province of Yunnan. The weather is sort of Mediterranean, except we are about 2000 m above sea level. Old rich red volcanic soil.

We should be happy. Keep tabs, we'll post our progress for you to see.



1 out of 5 stars Cubed Foot Gfardening   September 21, 2008
This book is a poor imitation of "All New Square Foot Gardening". I totally disagree with much of the opinion and information offered as facts.


4 out of 5 stars Informative   September 1, 2008
Enjoyed this presentation. Can't really see difference between cubed foot gardening and square foot gardening.


1 out of 5 stars Square Foot Gardening is better   April 5, 2008
 8 out of 12 found this review helpful

Why go the expensive chemical route? It is safer, cheaper and better tasting to go organic-new scientific testing has proven what we already knew! So skip this book and get Square Foot Gardening instead.
JMSWilson



5 out of 5 stars Excellant Start For Backyard Gardeners   October 14, 2007
 10 out of 10 found this review helpful

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1TS6AHKY4KN4C PHOTO SLIDESHOW: The pictures with this review are a daily account of the garden I raised last year using much of the advice from this book.

BOOK REVIEW: Chris Bird believes it's easier to grow a garden in raised beds, and in this book, he shows you how. Bird details the fundamentals of cubed foot gardening (how to build the boxes, space considerations, etc) and gives a brief introduction to the most popular vegetables grown in the US. He includes a useful season planting guide, which should be used instead of everyone's grandparents' methods like "plant corn two Mondays after the first dogwood bloom."

The most appealing aspect of the book is the personal voice of the author. More than a how-to guide, this is one man's story about his successes and failures. He even admits when his method may not be the best or points out his many setbacks in his life of gardening.

I was given this book one year after I started gardening in raised beds and have spent the last year correcting many of the mistakes I made on my own. Along with the seasonal planting guide and suggestions on which crops to plant, I learned creative designs for trellises and innovative planting techniques, including a brilliant "salt shaker" method of scattering small seeds evenly over an area.



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