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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant Start For Backyard Gardeners, October 14, 2007
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PHOTO SLIDESHOW: The pictures with this review are a daily account of the garden I raised last year using much of the advice from this book.

BOOK REVIEW: Chris Bird believes it's easier to grow a garden in raised beds, and in this book, he shows you how. Bird details the fundamentals of cubed foot gardening (how to build the boxes, space considerations, etc) and gives a brief introduction to the most popular vegetables grown in the US. He includes a useful season planting guide, which should be used instead of everyone's grandparents' methods like "plant corn two Mondays after the first dogwood bloom."

The most appealing aspect of the book is the personal voice of the author. More than a how-to guide, this is one man's story about his successes and failures. He even admits when his method may not be the best or points out his many setbacks in his life of gardening.

I was given this book one year after I started gardening in raised beds and have spent the last year correcting many of the mistakes I made on my own. Along with the seasonal planting guide and suggestions on which crops to plant, I learned creative designs for trellises and innovative planting techniques, including a brilliant "salt shaker" method of scattering small seeds evenly over an area.
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Initial post: April 1, 2008 7:21 AM PDT
 A. Ryan says:
Thanks for taking the trouble to do a slide show! How cool...it looks like at least 8 month's worth of photos, yes?

Did you also record what kind of yields you got for your crops?
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In reply to an earlier post on April 15, 2008 6:58 AM PDT
 Wesley Mullins says:
Seems like the photos were taken from Feb-November. I missed a few days when I was on vacation and a few pics were blurry, but I tried to take a new photo each day.
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