Re: [sg] indoor/outdoor garden in Arkansas

In a message dated 2/4/02 9:19:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, Kathle7297@aol.com writes:


We have thought about using a small wading pool. We're thinking about plants that don't require a lot of room, such as carrots, radishes, and herbs.



My first concern is do you have adequate light? if you use a small wading pool, I would put in a bottom layer of gravel that is 2-3" deep. Then add in your planting medium. Leaf lettuce, spinach, a center trellis/teepee of snow peas (get a short variety) and you can add in the other crops you mention. Also, look in the Burpee catalog for "space saver" varieties. Broccoli is another good plant that is not a tremendous space hog. If you have the shape of a circle, then you could do a small "pizza garden" with a roma tomato, oregano, basil, parsley, and one pepper plant with plantin areas done in "wedge" shapes. Or you could do a "global garden" and try to have one plant/veggie type from each of the continents..... or you could do a circle of life garden and have a butterfly garden.....with plants for caterpillars and butterflies....


>For outdoors, what techniques have been tried to prevent "vandalism" -- the 2- >legged as well as 4 - legged kind?

Labeling helps; putting the kids in charge of protecting their garden is a good ownership strategy too.  Put a clear path around the garden to minimize the odds of cut through traffic; edge the garden with stones or other material to delineate the space.  Re: 4-legged vandalism.... netting over young crops, putting a hoop (half a hula hoop works) over the bed and putting row cover over the garden at night serves to keep animals off when folks aren't around and to keep the young plants warmer at night/protected from frost.

Happy Gardening!

Ann English
G.R.O.W. coordinator and landscape architect,
Barnett Shoals Elementary School
www.barnettshoals.org     Click here: BSES Web Site
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