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Re: veggie beds/person?

I know that for my wife and I, we used 3 beds in CT that were 20 feet long
and planned around a 25 x 25 fenced area for the deer.  We used about 10
feet for flowers, mostly Shasta Daisies, and the balance was veggies and we
didn't can or freeze much off the beds.

Rich


At 02:19 PM 4/29/97 -0700, Unlisted wrote:
>since the subjects come up, i'd like to talk some more about this...
>mel recommends no more than 2 sq. for 1 person to manage the first year.  i'm
>jumping into the eq. of four (2 beds at 4X8' each) and justifying it by my
>(limited) experience with gardening.  how many beds would a heavy veggie eater
>need/person to supply the food?  i'm not as interested in putting foods away
>for the winter, just eating alot of fresh homegrown produce this summer.
>variety in the foods is important to me to which automatically requires more
>space.
>
>
>thyme
>
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