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Cubed Foot Gardening : Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Bedsby Christopher O. Bird Paperback - 175 pages (October 2001) The Lyons Press ISBN: 1585743127 Dimensions (in inches): 0.44 x 8.99 x 6.00 Check price @ amazon.com , amazon.ca , amazon.co.uk Book Description Here--in full color--is the new standard for vegetable gardening in the twenty-first century. Chris Bird does all his vegetable gardening in thickly planted raised beds, framed in 2 X 12 lumber and filled with custom-blended soil. The results are both eye- and mouth-opening. Moreover, his method requires so little work that you'll feel guilty when you try it. Cubed Foot Gardening shows how to build these simple, inexpensive beds and how to grow the most popular vegetables in them, using innovative tricks and techniques that would not be possible to employ in a conventional garden. It explains the author's revolutionary methods for growing sweet corn as well as white asparagus, and tells how cubed foot gardening has helped him to win giant tomato contests every year. Most of us still garden the way our grandparents did, a habit that goes back to our farm heritage. But if vegetable gardening were being discovered today for the first time, the rules would be quite different. We would all be cubed-foot gardeners. About the Author Christopher O. Bird gardened in places as diverse as Alaska and south Texas during twenty years in the air force. After retiring in 1993, he became a master gardener and editor of San Antonio Gardener. He has published one other book, Modern Vegetable Gardening, and numerous articles for such publications as National Gardening and Organic Gardening. Customer Reviews Reviewer: John Dunbar from Sugar Land, TX USA This is a great book and I would have given it a 5 if the author had stressed the benefits of organic gardening, rather than recommending standard chemical fertilizers. The author shows you how to get started with gardening and clearly demonstrates how to build raised beds using wood 2x12's (and others sizes). He also offers great coverage of each of the major vegetables that he recommends that you grow. This part contains some particularly good material. There are many practical and original techniques in this book. Although this is not necessarily a beginner's book, I would recommend this book to a beginner. The only problem I had was his reliance on chemical fertilizers. Many beginners might find it easier at first to use standard chemical fertilizers, as recommended by the author. However, today many gardeners are finding their way to organics to avoid the industrial wastes sometimes found in the standard chemical fertilizers. I get the feeling that the author writes with your best interests at heart. He appears to be a successful gardener with much practical experience. His writing is very clear and at times quite humorous. There are plenty of pictures and diagrams to keep the book interesting. I use raised bed gardening, but use concrete blocks and take an organic approach. Although the materials are different, the methodology is very similar. I highly recommend this book to any one getting started, or anyone who wants to build raised bed gardens using wood (looks better than concrete blocks, but deteriortes more quickly). John Dunbar, Sugar Land, TX A Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening by B. Rosie Lerner CD-ROM (August 1, 2001) Purdue Research Foundation ISBN: 093168286X Cubed Foot Gardening : Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds by Christopher O. Bird Paperback - 175 pages (October 2001) The Lyons Press ISBN: 1585743127 The Tomato in America : Early History, Culture, and Cookery by Andrew F. 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