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GETTING STARTED WITH GROW BIOINTENSIVE®!

Growing your own food can be rewarding on many levels, and can bring benefits both to you and the planet. It is empowering to know that you are able to provide for yourself in such a basic way. The taste of fully-ripe food fresh from the garden may be an eye-opening experience. Fresh air and exercise are added benefits. And each food item that comes from your backyard rather than the supermarket means less of the oil use, resource use, air pollution and soil pollution that are required for commercial growing, processing and transporting of foods.

We realize that the thought of learning how to grow all your own food can seem overwhelming. Don’t overdo! We recommend starting slowly and simply, with one 100- square-foot bed. Reading How to Grow More Vegetables or The Sustainable Vegetable Garden will show you how to double-dig the soil and become aware of the other processes that make up the GROW BIOINTENSIVE system. A smaller area to work in can lead to successful growing and self confidence in the process. You will gradually learn about your own soil, microclimate and mini-ecosystem and the plants that thrive best there.

You will be surprised to see, when using GROW BIOINTENSIVE, the amount of food that can be grown in such a small space. Dig in and enjoy!


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