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Re: Cold feet in the Square foot garden

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Thanks so much Dawn- Because the idea of moving that compost pile was
daunting! And good to hear about the trellises. I think I just must have
gotten confused about that. Was supposed to go camping with my BF this
weekend for his birthday and didn't really want to- wanted to PLANT- now the
weather has turned a bit rainy and coolish and were not going so I can get
dirty and put stuff in. I am planning on using milk crates with I have a
bunch of - to help shade the babies- If I need to add plastic covers- don't
know exactly how to attach them(?) but they seem perfect for a ltlle lathe
houses-Any ideas on that? I saved plastic soda and juice bottles and cut the
bottoms off to make little mini greenhouses for my flowers- maybe these will
come in handy. Next year I will get an earlier start on things. Growing
almost everything from plants- very few seeds.Also- HOW do I keep the darned
cats out of my lovely soil?I have bough a can of boundary spray for now-and
do have some of that green plastic fencing or chicken wire- but when things
start growing It is hard to take it off.Ideas? Someone said put aluminum
foil around the plants that they hate that.I have visions of cat poop in
there poisoning us all.I love my cats but the idea of having made $50 litter
boxes is upsetting!LOL> Does anyone one know if the green summer scalloped
squashes grows on a bush or a vine? And what it is called? Thanks ahead of
time-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: Dawn Gilmore <dgilm@starbase21.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Cold feet in the Square foot garden


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Teri,
>
> At 07:17 PM 4/13/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> <snip - general paranoia>
>  >and-I think the compost pile is
> >too close to the garden-but there is no where else to put it.-I could
only
> >put trellises on the north end of the beds-because there are fruit trees
on
> >the south end.
>
> No such thing... I know of many who put their compost directly INTO their
> garden, or rotate their compost piles around their beds, because the
> richest soil you will have will be directly under your compost pile!  So,
> no worries on that account...    And trellises should go on the North end,
> unless you are trying to use them to shade your garden!  (Here in N.
> Michigan, if we put trellises on the south end of the garden, we could
grow
> cool weather crops all summer long!)
>
> But, those seeds and seedlings aren't going to grow without a garden, so,
> in the words of Miss Frizzle (Magic School Bus) "Take chances, get messy!"
> Go put something in those beds you've built, and see what happens!  There
> are no guarantees with any type of gardening...  HAVE FUN!!
>
> Dawn
>
>
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