Re: 100 Pounds of Food/Year From a 12 Square Foot Plot?

<Charlie> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:24:28 GMT, "0tterbot" <spl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>have heard of this idea in a number of places, so it can be made work,
for
>>sure! (i can't visualise what 100 pounds would be, though, so i'm lost 
>>there
>>;-)
>
> Oh, somewhere in the neighborhood of 45 kilos. ;-)  Or one biggish
> pumpkin.

well when you put it that way it's not much :-) however, it's obviously
not 
a large space either, so that makes sense.

> You're on track.  You'll likely be surprised how fast it will improve.
> Third year showed me great improvement.

well, i've been surprised so far! next summer will be the third year.

> Thanks for the reference to digger's club......great info and
> philosophy and looks like great people.

i have a few (practical) issues with them, but since i'm still a member i 
apparently haven't hit the wall yet.

imo the best thing about them is they are clear that ordinary suburban 
gardens & ordinary gardeners are a real way forward. almost everyone has 
some sort of garden area, & digger's puts a lot of value on this (because
it 
has a lot of value). the way forward usually lies in small actions by a
lot 
of different people, so they're absolutely right! they then inform & 
encourage all those people on practical things to do.

when it comes to stuffing up my orders and getting the wrong seed into 
packets, i am much less pleased. :-/
kylie