pakrat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 08 May 2008 18:39:31 -0400 in
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> Jo <joannaglass@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>> I wanted to see how everyone is doing with their gardens this year. I
>> haven't posted in awhile. I have managed to get my garden in this year.
>> It is all organic and doing very well, thanks to rain barrels, well
rain
>> barrels and one HUGE one I had made that is 300+ gallons.
>>
>> So who is gardening this year?
>
> I am,
> I constructed a 4x16 raised bed for herbs last year and it's
> overflowing with herbs and lettuce right now.
> I've got 4 4x24 raised beds constructed with lessons learned from
> the 4x16 one constructed, 3 of them are filled with compost
> and planted with cu***bers, canteloupes, butternut squash, peppers,
> tomatoes, and beans. I have 11 hills of ornamental gourds
> planted on the neighbor's property (With the neighbor's permission)
> and now SWMBO is telling me to plant pumpkins.
> Oh and there is plenty of bee balm and epazote and dill
> scattered among the veggies.
>
> Hopefully I'll fill bed #4 tommorro and start the experiment of
> sweet corn grown in a raised bed.
>
> Then it will be time to start hauling in mulch so there is even less
> lawn to mow...
I am also looking for less lawn. I recently got the book food not lawns
and it has been a lot of fun for us. We have a center area in the back
that give our youngest lots of room to play and run but everything
around the edges has become food.
My herbs are just getting their footing. I was a little slow getting
some of them in. I ran out of room and had to make new smaller beds.
Where is a good mulch place?
Jo
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