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Re: Mel Ortho Tomato Lettuce Plan FFruit Trees Bushes

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

Hey Why don't you use the public library. Plenty of Good stuff there.
And you're kidding with the ortho stuff right?   Man those folks at ortho
are wack!  See a bee in your yard get out the ortho!   Why not get
yourself a couple of good books from from your public library like:
GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR GARDEN  RODALE PRESS ISBN 0-87857-291-0
THE SELF-SUFFICIENT SUBURBAN GARDEN BY JEFF BALL BALLANTINE BOOKS ISBN
0-345-32702-0
HIGH-YIELD GARDENING MARJORIE B. HUNT AND BRENDA BORTZ RODALE PRESS ISBN
0-87857-599-5
And of Course Square foot gardening  LOL Smitty
Just to name a few.  Most libraries have inter-library loans now so if
your library doesn't have it it can generally find it in a participating
library.

On 4 Jan 00 12:35:50 PST Bill <OOWON@netscape.net> writes:
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> >Oh, WOW, Dawn!
>     You just widened my horizons! My yard is a miserable gravel
> patch covered with the last tenant's red crushed rock and
> subversive "Wandering Jew" vines. But 5 gal. buckets from the bakery 
> or deli -
> wonderful! 
> 
> **Ortho had a study printed a few years abck showing for amount of 
> soil
> PURCHASED... a 5 gal (1/2 cu ft) gave more than larger sizes, for 
> the
> PROPORTION of SOIL.
> 
> Lettuce, 6-9" deep is fine for most varieties.
> 
> GET a general veggie book, like Ortho's for ~$7.  unless Mel cover's 
> these
> things.  I want his book, but am not sure if I can allocate the 
> money for
> another book.  i've many, and so few plants, am reversing course.
> 
> And that wandering Jew, was healping your soil stay moist.
> It readily decomposes, and is easy to pull.  It's not a
> terrible weed!  Just a weed.  But also a ground cover.
> --------------
> I HOPE I haven't shared this, and reposted.
> Here's my WINTER grocery list.
> These are going SO FAST, that in a week you'll miss
> out on 1/3 of waht is available in my area.  Maybe yours too.
> 
> Jan. 2000:
> 
> Red raspberries, *3/pk
> Baba-Red Raspberry
> Bosenberry
> Blueberry, Jersey
> Blueberry, Blue Crop
> Cherry Bush *2/pak
> Perlette Grape *2/pak
> Cherry tree, Montmorency
> Apricot Tree, Moorpark
> Rhubarb, Red
> 
> Most were $3.50.
> Trees were $11.
> $57 total.
> *(These appear intertwined, but listed as 2-3.
> Must plant as one I'm sure.)
> 
> The Baba, was a special request I made to Home Depot
> many months ago.  2-3 Calls did it, with reasons and research.
> I wanted XXX.  Their dealer came back with this similar variety.
> 
> It's a 2 season/everbearing, a direction I tend toward.
> The Apricot is similar.  "Uneven ripening" it's called.
> Not a ton of crop all at once, which is better for comercial.
> 
> May get a Santa Rosa Plum, another apple.
> Who can get me a mulberry start? LOL!
> 
> The blueberries will be interesting.  Hate to buy peat for
> the soil, but how else to get a 5.0 acid?  Sulfur?
> Plus Gypsum to buffer and aid drainage?  Hmmm.
> 
> To help your planning try Ortho's Veggie book,
> "All About Vegetables."  I consider it a primer.
> I've been able to use it for a ready reference tho',
> for years, veggies I haven't done for years, and have
> forgotten about.  It will help you plan a garden.
> Mel's stuff, is HOW to ADAPT, normal stuff, to a
> smaller space.  Use more than one reference, always.
> You can even do a Lemon in 5 gal!  Need help?
> (This one... moves with you!)  :>)
> Bill
> 
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