'You shall not waste seeds by overplanting and then thinning.'ĥ. 'You shall not dig up or till your existing soil.'Ĥ. 'Thou shalt not waste space by growing in long rows!'Ģ. Mel's "Ten Commandments of Square Foot Gardening":ġ. To many people, the grids are Square Foot Gardening. No digging.īut the grid system-square foot growing areas divided by strips of wood lathe-did not change one bit. And now we pay tribute to one of the true giants of the organic gardening world with two 'top ten' lists that Mel created when he revised his classic (but heavily 'engineering-oriented') 1981 book into the much more accessible and readable "All New Square Foot Gardening" in 2005.īiggest change: Instead of the old advice of digging a hole and filling it with a soil-free mix and compost, Mel moved up to placing raised bed frames overtop of your existing soil and filling them with his famous "Mel's Mix". We were lucky enough to have him as a guest on our Public Radio show several times over the years, with the most recent interview airing almost exactly three years before his passing. He brought thousands of people into gardening and radically changed the way that literally millions of people grew their plants. Mel was the author of THE best-selling gardening book of all time and host of a very popular PBS series-both called "Square Foot Gardening". We lost a dear friend last April when Mel Bartholomew, who created the Square Foot Gardening system in 1976, passed away at the age of 84.
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