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Re: disappointed new list member

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Hello list members--thanks for the flood of mail asking me to stay on
the list! 

  As requested by Richard, my story is: I used to live in a townhouse
condominium, where I didn't have to even
cut the lawn, and barely saw the outdoors anyways due to a rather brutal
work schedule. Then I moved to a new house, doing the proverbial
subdivision thing--big house, small lot.  Anyways, once I realized I
truly had my own patch of dirt, no longer just "exclusive use"
of a condo common element, I discovered an interest in gardening.
Unfortunately, I didn't have very much room to exercise
my new found desire to grow stuff.  So I started reading up on how to
grow things in small spaces. I now have three
espaliered fruit trees (a 4-in-1 apple tree trained to a candelabra-type
shape, a peach tree, growing fan-shaped, and a
plum tree). Then I decided that it would be fun to grow some veggies and
herbs, so last year my long-suffering husband built me
four raised beds & wheelbarrowed in lots of good soil.  I grew peas,
tomatoes, cucumbers, green & jalapeno peppers, & all kinds of herbs last
year. I even tried corn.  I was moderately successful--in fact, I made
pickles, and quite frankly, for awhile I never wanted to
see another cucumber again.  It was a real trial and error year, though.
I discovered I didn't shake the pollen down my corn enough, so the lower
ears didn't pollinate. I discovered that my pepper plants produced a low
yield because they were dwarfed by my tomato plants, which just
about took over the world, & definitely shaded out some of my other
crops. Anyways, I think the square foot idea is really cool, and I'm
quite looking forward to "growing season" again. And to this list.

Thanks again.

Val





Richard Helton wrote:
> 
> Val, I have been a lurker so to speak on the list for years, and I
> sometimes post. Please do not take this recent little spiff, as the
> normal tone of the group. I beg you reconsider your decision and continue
> to participate, you will benefit from wisdom here.
> 
> Do you Sq-foot now or are you just interested in it?
> 
> I have been interested in Sq-Ft since I originally saw the method on PBS
> about 10 years ago or so. However I have only had a place to garden in
> the last three, and my family and I sure enjoy the harvest we get from
> such a small plot of ground! :-)
> 
> What is your story?
> 
> Richard Helton
> In not so sunny Sacramento California
> 
>


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