On Tue, 27 May 2008 19:40:40 -0400 in
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> Jo <joannaglass@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>> 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.
6 beds now, 5 filled with compost.
First two plantings of sweet corn are germinating and going along.
Pumpkins are planted and putting out their second and 3rd true leaves.
Peanuts are planted in the bed that will be planted in asparagus
next year.
>>
>> 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.
Our goal is to trim it down to just a small decorative patch of lawn
towards the entrance and for the dogs to play on in the back yard.
We're now trying to figure out what fruit trees we want in the front
yard.
>
> 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?
Probably depends on your location.
I have a neighbor that sells mulch from his other parcel
about a mile up the road from me. I can move 10-30 cubic yards of
mulch on a gallon of gas.
Beyond that check the mulch places near you, see what you like,
and see who's ****pping for less than $4/gallon for the quantity you
need.
>
> Jo
--
Chris Dukes
"Let all the babies be born. Then let us drown those we do not like."
-- G. K. Chesterton.
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