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Ever encouraging, often charming, and always practical, this expanded second edition of one magic square vegetable gardening will help firsttime gardeners get startedand help veteran gardeners get resultson a small, easytomaintain plot. One magic square vegetable gardening by lolo houbein, 9781615193257, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The easy, organic way to grow your own food on a 3foot square 2nd expanded ed. Square foot gardening is the practice of dividing the growing area into small square sections, typically 1 foot 30 cm on a side, hence the name. Feel free to post down at the bottom if there are other books you would include on this list. All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is one magic square lolo houbein has 40 years worth of gardening wisdom to shareon how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square.
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