g'day jonno,

to each his own, we have about 180sq/foot of garden space all the
space we have.

you typed this:
a.. Overplanting is one of the biggest causes of frustration and failure.
But in a square-foot garden, instead of planting most of your seed packet,
you plant only one or two seeds per alloted plant space.

um unless they ahve some magical way of making seeds germinate this is
a bit pie in the sky, it may only call for 2 of a certain plant but to
get that you may need to plant up to a dozen seeds to ensure you get
2.

and you save lots of time, working about one hour per 4'x4' grid.

exept for planting time which then time spent is determined by how
many seedlings i am planting out usually around 4 to 8, we wouldn't
spend one hour a week in our gardens.

als i wonder at how mulching can be accomodate in an intensely planted
system, mulch that is very much needed for moisture retention as well
as keeping the root runs cooler in hot summers. mulch that also
delivers nutrients at the same time.

we buy seedlings so we have no thinning to do anyway, and we are
guarnateed the amount of plants we need, save that extra time need to
keep seeds viable and then to germinate them to a size where they can
almost stand alone.

our beds don't need any solid edging most square footers i have seen
rely on edging.

just some things to balance the scales.

len

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:32:28 GMT, "Jonno" wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

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