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Re: once a week sqfting suggestions?

>Date:    Wed, 9 Apr 1997 10:25:54 -0800
>From:    Ian & Laurie Stoba <stoba@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Subject: once a week sqfting suggestions?
>
>Hi All,
>
>We do our sqfting in a community plot which we are only able to get to once
>a week at most.  Does anyone have any suggestions for keeping up a garden
>under these circumstances?  We've had some trouble with transplant
>casualties so far this spring, although some of them are hanging in there.
>I'm using shade cages now because the wall-o-waters seemed to be
>concentrating the sun, or at least not sheilding them much, and they were
>burning.  The shade cage transplants are doing somewhat better, but not
>great as yet.  The water is on a timer and goes once a day.  We don't have
>any control over it, except to hand water while we're there once a week.
>And then there's the bindweed trying it's best to take over the whole place
>again, ugggg.  Last year it finally won in late July or so.  Any ideas
>would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Regards,
>
>Laurie
>San Francisco, gardening in Marin zone 10ish
>

My advice for low maintenance gardening would be mulch, and lots of it.  I
put down a thick layer of pine straw after the soil as warmed (not a problem
in So. California, I suppose) and my weeding chores are a small fraction of
what they were before.  If you don't have raised beds, you may have to use
Round-up around the edges of your garden to keep weeds from gradually
encroaching from the sides.

My personal opinion is that the longer you must neglect transplants, the
larger they should be before going into the garden.  I have transplanted out
of nursery flats into individual flower pots to get them big and strong
enough for independence.

Richard

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