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Re: Square Foot Planting Question

At 02:23 PM 8/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>My question is this....I thought I read Mel's book pretty well about
>planting, but it seems like I have a lot of wasted space.  I planted 1 whole
>row of squares with bush beans.  They are over running the next row, so I
>can't plant anything there.  I have tried to tie them up, but they still hang
>all over the second row.

Use wire cages. I've found 14" wide rolls in green or white at places such
as Home Depot. The green ones camouflage nicely with the garden; the white
ones will probably lower your property value. :-P

The Book (pp. 130, 134f) illustrates cages in use with the sides open, but i
prefer them with the top open, as it is easier (to me) to reach in to weed
and harvest:
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Other people mentioned that they plant low-growing crops near the beans with
no adverse effects. In my experience, however, the beans shaded out the
neighbors and didn't give them a chance to grow. I will continue to use cages.

>PS....those of you interested in swapping recipes could send out or request
>recipes backchannel....just make a list of people wanting to do that.  I am
>on two food recipe lists....foodwine and eat-l which you could also join.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for a *constructive* comment, for
a change.

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