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Gardeners - more questions
Okay - trying to plan this garden still....
1) Raised beds seem to be all the rage. Why? What advantage is there? They seem costly to me.
2) How do you know what to plant where? I understand that things like lettuce need shade so they might do well between taller plants, but beyond that, are there any simple guides for placement planning?
3) square foot gardening - we're kind of doing this without even realizing what it was. Is it worth buying the book to figure out the real way to do it?
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Re: Gardeners - more questions
1. Less weeds to deal with. ANd, you don't have to till the groud, which, IMO, is a big pain the butt. I spent $36.59 total on all the supplies I needed to make two 4x6 beds. :-) 2x4s are cheap!
2. I own a gardening book that has a great chart on companion gardening. But, here's a great article and chart I found online, http://www.seedsofchange.com/enewsletter/issue_55/companion_planting.aspx
3. I have no idea. I've never read the book.
Neena Mae. 1/7/10
"A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature." - David Suzuki
I don't have a lot of input since my mom is a master gardener and I just do what she tells me, but....
We put in a small raised garden last year and will make another this year (4*4 ft each). It was very easy to maintain, and ours was CHEAP. We didn't buy a kit. We went to Lowes and bought boards and a little dirt (I had some from an earlier project). It was WAY cheaper that way. It cost me MAYBE $20
I didn't grow much last year- tomatoes, jalapanos and habaneros. The raised bed was small, manageable and easy.
A gal from my hometown is a gardening expert. Susan speaks at master gardener events and was the gardening editor (senior maybe?) at BHG before she quit to focus on her next project which I think will ultinmtely be a B&B. Her website is www.applehurst.com. You can e-mail her with questions. I asked her for books I could give my sMIL who wanted to start a garden. I can't remember the name of the book, but my sMIL really enjoyed the book.
The house they are making into a B&B (I think) is the old Madison County jail.
1) Raised beds seem to be all the rage. Why? What advantage is there? They seem costly to me. we do them b/c our soil is really clay-y - so having a raised bed allows us to plant in good soil.
2) How do you know what to plant where? I understand that things like lettuce need shade so they might do well between taller plants, but beyond that, are there any simple guides for placement planning? Lettuce in particular does well in cooler weather - you could plant that and raddishes now and they should be fine. You can plant them again in the fall. The square foot garden book will help
3) square foot gardening - we're kind of doing this without even realizing what it was. Is it worth buying the book to figure out the real way to do it?
I think it is worth the buy.