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First, WHY try a Square Food Garden?
With spring around the corner, most gardeners start to think of a vegetable garden, maybe a few marigolds and nasturtiums thrown in for color and pest control. The thought of fresh vegetables on the table and kudos from neighbors when you bring them your extra vine-ripened tomatoes is a pleasant daydream. Unfortunately, gardens are also time-consuming and require work to prepare the soil properly, plant, thin, weed, water, and otherwise care for your chlorophyllic children.Â
That is why in the early 70 s, a gentleman by the name of Mel Bartholomew began thinking about a different way of gardening. He had started a community garden with his neighbors and after an initial thrust of enthusiasm, he observed that by the end of the summer, after bumper crops of some plants like zucchinis and tomatoes, the community garden was an overgrown mess. With that observation, Bartholomew began a search for answers. His research and obser