Join Me in a Gardening Revolution.

They say I turned gardening upside down on its head!

Well, I did that only to knock some sense into what we

were being taught.

I didn’t want to dig up and turn over my tough,

unproductive backyard soil every year.

That’s too much work!

I did not want to take a huge part of my backyard and then

have to weed and weed every weekend.

That’s too much work!

I didn’t want to pour out an expensive packet

of seeds into a skinny long row, only to have to come back

and thin out 90% of the plants.

That’s too much work!

There are so many things wrong with the single-row

method of gardening that we have been taught, so I said,

“I’m going to invent a better way to garden.”

And I did ! And this is it.

ALL NEW SFG BOOK

Contents

 Chapter

        1. History and Evolution of SFG

• What is SFG           Original book and TV show  
• Why it started         School Program   
• How it started           Evolution into Humanitarian

        2. 10 Major Improvements to the Original SFG Method.

                            1. New Location – Close To the House

                            2. New Concept – Never Dig Again

                            3. New Soil – Mel’s Mix.

                            4. New Depth – Only Six Inches Deep

                            5. No Fertilizer – Amazing

                            6. New Boxes – Above Ground

                            7. New Aisles – Comfortable Width

                            8. New Grids – Permanent and Prominent

                            9. New Idea – Don’t Waste Seeds

                            10. New Opportunities – Table Top Gardens

                  3•  Plan          Size    Location    Layout

                  4•  Build:

          5. Soil

                         Existing    Mel’s Mix    Advantages    Ingredients

                                    •  Peat Moss, Vermiculite, Compost

                                 (How to compost: Enclosure, Ingredients, Wetness, Turning, Time and Temperature)

                                    •  Fertilizer – don’t need any!

                                    •  Quantities, Shopping, Mixing

6•  Plant

           Seasons

            Freeze and frost

            Cool and warm weather crops

            When, How, Where

            Seeds or Transplants

            Indoors or Outdoors

 

 7. Grow

                  •  Support

                  •  Pests

                  •  Watering

                  •  Harvesting-Replanting

                  •  Weeding - Shortest section (Here’s how, pull any non-planted plant with

                  2 fingers as soon as you see it – end of directions.)

             8. Vertical Gardening

                               Vine Crops     Supports   Techniques

            9. Extending the Seasons

                      Why and How

                                          •  Spring Crop

                                          •  Summer Crop

                                          •  Fall Crop – Closing up Shop

                                          •  All Winter – Decorating for Holidays

            10. Special Gardens and Gardeners:

         Roof top, hill side, on wheels, sit down, stand up,

         hospital gurney, teaching,  humanitarian projects - pass on your knowledge.

             11. Plant Guide

                                     Vegetables   Flowers   Herbs     Berries