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Re: starting out in the garden

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Thanks for the words of encouragement!

I just went through the program for Master Gardeners, I have always loved to
garden...but mostly flowers.  I have planted my share of Tomatoes, but that
is about it.

Now I learned that if keep planting tomatoes in the same soil year after
year, nematodes appear!  Ignorance is bliss.  I have grown wonderful
tomatoes in the same soil for years...no problems.

Now I am going to branch out and grow every kind of vegetable I can possibly
grow in this area.  I am in zone 9 so there is allot I can grow.

It is great to be able to talk to people who have the same interest in
gardening.

Thanks for the advice... Now I am going to go out and dig up the back yard.

Peg


-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia J. Santhuff <psanthuff@mindspring.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 7:46 PM
Subject: RE: starting out in the garden


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>
>Jeanette wrote:
>
>>  It
>>really helps the learning process to "see" things, versus trying to plan
>>everything on paper.
>
>Well said. Not only that but so much of the rest of what gardening is all
>about comes into focus when you learn by doing along with the the research,
>planning, seed catalog shopping <g>, and so on. I've always been one to
>learn LOTS from books (speaking as a bookaholic), and indeed I have learned
>a lot about gardening that way. But gardening has pointed out for me in a
>way nothing else has how important it is to get in there and do it, learn
by
>doing.
>
>>I think gardening as a whole is trial and error.  I learned a lot this
year
>>just by watching what was happening with the plants.  For next year, I can
>>plan more than I did this year since I know what works and what doesn't
work
>>to some extent, but I still plan on experimenting with just about
>>everything.
>
>Absolutely. I just planted some turnips today, not because we like turnips
>in this house, but for the experience. Same with cabbage (whose seeds are
>hopefully germinating as we speak). And beets. Of course, not all that many
>squares will get planted with turnips and cabbage and beets, but OTOH, who
>knows how well we'll like homegrown versus store-bought and commercially
>canned? Judging from my homegrown tomatoes (HEAVEN!!) versus the wet cotton
>that passes for tomatoes in the grocery store, we're gonna LOVE these
things!
>
> For me, that's the fun part of gardening, and what makes it
>>truly enjoyable.
>
>LOL -- for me, that's the hard part of gardening. <g> However, I'm learning
>to settle into the idea of *enjoying* the experimenting and trial and error
>and too often steep learning curve, but it's been a little rough. It's
>helpful for me at those times though to look back at when I didn't know
>nuthin'. These days I know a tad bit more, but not much. That's okay as
long
>as the progress is mostly upward. ;-)
>
>Patricia
>Zone 7b, West Georgia
>
>
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