Chinese Raised Gardens

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March/April 1981
 
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To further discourage insects and pathogens, never put the same crop in the same bed for two seasons in a row. As a matter of fact, don't even replant a vegetable twice in the same spot during a single gardening year, if you can avoid it.

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The extra crops that your raised beds ought to produce may not feed a billion ... but you'll obtain more vegetables, from a much smaller space, with much less effort, than would be possible using traditional row-gardening methods!

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Although the accompanying article provides an overview of the philosophy and methods of Chinese raised-bed gardening, it doesn't go into all of the intricacies of the Oriental intensive horticultural technique. However, if your interest has been aroused, there is a source of more information available.

Better Vegetable Gardens the Chinese Way by Peter Chan with Spencer Gill (available in some bookstores or libraries or, for $4.95 plus 95 ¢ shipping and handling, from Mother's Bookshelf, P.O. Box 70, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791) not only offers a detailed presentation of the methods used by one of the foremost proponents of the Oriental method, but also features color photographs that actually manage to convey the author's love for gardening. Folks who have a yen to try this form of horticulture will find the help they need in Peter Chan's attractive volume.

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