I myself just barely got my garden space prepared before the frost (as
in, I mulched some leaves, at the suggestion of one of these neighbors - it
wasn't until after the frost that I picked up the Mel's book and realized that
I could have prepared the plots even more - oh well, I think it will still
work). Fortunately I started a compost pile also, not realizing it would
come in handy for SF gardening.
I haven't visited Thanksgiving Point lately - If they have SF gardens,
I'll have to drag my wife down there and see them.
I was going to ask if you were a Sargent that I knew(from Springville),
but I guess not, if you are from France...
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Hello
Everyone,
I'm new to the list and quite new to gardening also. I was
visiting
Thanksgiving Point, UT last spring and was stunned by their square
garden. A
co-worker was reading Mel's book at the same time and we talked
about it at
length. I build 4 redwood boxes and got a huge load of "garden
mix" from a
local greenhouse, I bought seeds from the grocery store and
several small
plants. I hadn't read Mel's book, I was just going from what
I remembered
from conversations with my co-worker. My garden turned out
quite well, but
it seemed to me it was too crowed, especially the tomatoes
and zucchini.
Overall, I was really happy with the results and we enjoyed a
lot of great
vegetables.
A few days ago, the bug bit me again. I
started browsing all the on-line
seed stores and I actually bought (and
read most of) Mel's book, then I read
everything I could find on the
Internet and subscribed to this list. I now
know I made a lot of mistakes
last year, but I got a lot of experience from
it. I look forward to doing a
lot better this year. I am considering
building planter boxes on wheels for
vertical crops to help provide shade to
our western patio. Anybody has
experiences to share about that? Also,
anybody else in Utah who could tutor
me on growing things in this climate? I
should also mention that I am
originally from France and I really want to
try growing some French veggies
this year (petit pois, haricots verts,
māche, flageolets, that sort of
thing.) Thanks!
Annie in Utah
annie@esargent.org
