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“And the Lord God planted a garden.” –Genesis 2:8 |
Think of that, the Lord planted a garden even before he created man. |
"The important thing in science, is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them." -Sir William Bragg |
I think this famous quote explains how SFG was invented. It wasn't a breakthrough in how plants grow, merely how gardeners grow them. |
| “Nature is pleased with simplicity.” -Isaac Newton |
Wouldn’t he have loved Square Foot Gardening? |
| "Gardening has compensations out of all proportions to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense." -Phillis McGinley (1905-1978) |
A Square Foot Garden is food for the soul. Beginners immediately feel the joy of gardening. |
| "If well managed, nothing is more beautiful than the kitchen-garden." -William Cobbett (1763-1835) |
See, even then, they knew to be close to the back door - not way out in the back yard. |
| "But though an old man, I am but a young gardener." -Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) |
Square Foot Gardening is for any age from 4 to 94. It's simple, easy to understand, and no work. |
| "There is more pleasure in making a garden than in contemplating a paradise." -Ann Scott James |
A Square Foot Garden "IS" a paradise in itself. No weeds, no work, no digging. |