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Re: Watermelon and curbside junking

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Not that I know a thing about watermelons-but what would stop you from
putting a makeshift trellis against- or interwoven with the cyclone fence
for height if you needed it? I did this with honeysuckle- when I wanted a
screen and only had a 4 ft high cyclone fence. I attached the the pvc pipe
to  the clyclone fence at about 8 inch intervals with cable ties(love those
babies!) and stuck them(the pvc) on rebar that I put in the ground-then
attached the crossbar with the elbow thingies. It doesnot seem to stress the
fence out and is more stable than if it were standing alone.
Today I went out curb collecting again- Am following the city cleanup trucks
around like a madwoman swooping up anything that I think I can use for
structure in the yard- Amazing what people throw away on big dump day. Got 4
full sized pieces of white plastic lattice and  14- 6ft beautiful redwood
2x6s left over from someones project. Picked up two doors with windows in
them and am going to figure out how to build a cold frame for next year. The
spring came so fast and early here that we are already getting 80-90 degree
days- I am in Sacramento Ca- I think it is zone7?-9? It is usually rainy til
the end of april-but it looks like late may lately .The ground is still cold
tho- but dry-soI am just using this time to prepare my beds. I am afraid of
jumping the gun and getting somwecold weather later- we have had many late
freezes  over the years that have wiped out our spring planting.I only know
about flowers( and not much about those)-so someone correct me if it is
different with summer vegies.-I am enjoying this list so much- I finally
feel like I am working with a net."Leaf "it to Frank to tell us all about
tree foliage!._Thanks to everyone responding to my newbie posts- You are all
very kind.-Teri----- Original Message -----
From: Katherine Wendt <katherine@datawizsolutions.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:31 PM
Subject: Watermelon


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> My trellis space is in short supply (a total of 8 square feet) and needs
to
> accomodate all my green beans, tomatoes, and watermelon.
>
> I was just reading the Organic Gardening article by Mel where he suggests
> growing the watermelon on a chain link fence. It so happens that I have a
> chain link fence right by the raised beds but it is only three feet high
> and it would free up some of my trellis space in the raised beds. Do you
> suppose that three feet high would be high enough for the watermelons?
>
> Katherine Wendt
> DataWiz Solutions
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