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Re: Another Lurker

>During the dank and dreary darkness of winter, creatures of all types emerge.
>The most frightening one of all is the lurker.  Beware the lurker asking
>questions.

AIIEEE!

>After having the only garden I have EVER had this past year, inspired in great
>part to members here, I have a question.  I have a small plot that I would
>like
>to SQFT garden.  (Mine last year was plugged in between flowers in the front
>beds.)  It measures 3 feet across by about 12 feet long.  It backs onto a
>east-west running fence and the garden faces south.  It receives almost no sun
>during winter months because of the shadow of the house, but summer sun
>hits it
>pretty well.  I am in zone 5 in just south of Salt Lake City, Utah.
>
>What would the gurus of gardens, the misers of mulch, the kings of compost put
>into such a garden?  How would you go about it?  (In spite of the eighteen
>inches of snow on top of everything and more expected for Christmas)

At the risk of sounding snide, the answer is "whatever you like to eat." I
would probably put beans, tomatoes, and maybe melons across the back, and
lettuces, onions, bush beans, yellow pear tomatoes, and whatever catches my
eye in this years catalogs in the front. But seriously, put what you like
to eat. You'll probably enjoy the garden a lot more if you do.

You have a good plot -- not too deep, and reasonably long. I had a plot a
couple years ago that was 3 feet by around 20 feet, also in zone 5 south of
SLC. I put a couple of small boards through it so I could step to the back
without stepping on soil 'cause it was against my garage. I was very
prolific, especially the yellow pears which we ate like grapes (from one
plant, no less!).


--
Mel Walker                           mwalker@xmission.com
Zone 6 (I think) by the shores of Great Salt Lake in Utah
    with a resolve to do better on my garden this year


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