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Re: kids gardens & other stuff]

This message did not get through a few days ago because I had the
address wrong!
 I've retrieved it from my trash file, so I hope it looks okay!

 Lisa


 
 Hi:
 Anyone gardening with children might like to look at the "Victory
Garden
 Kids Gardening Book"  It gives lots of great ideas, and even makes a
 good beginning garden manual for adults--though of course it doesn't
use
 square foot techniques.
 
 I am thinking about trying pumpkins again. The last time I did so I let
 them sprawl across one of my 4X5 beds. That worked fine until our
 community garden was overrun by rats, who thought my pumpkins were
 dee-licious!
 Has anyone tried trellising pumpkins? I'm talking about small, 4-5
pound
 types like "Baby Bear", NOT the giant types of course! I am also
 thinking about trellising the teeny tiny Jack Be Little pumpkins in the
 hopes of having a batch for my daughter to take to pre-school at
 Halloween.
Thanks for any advice anyone can offer!
 
 Lisa Springer
 lspringer@mail.alexandria.lib.va.us
> (Zone 7A)

Subject: Re: kids gardens & other stuff
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 19:27:37 -0800
From: Lisa Springer <lspringer@mail.alexandria.lib.va.us>
Organization: Alexandria Library
To: sqft <owner-sqft-digest@lists.umsl.edu>

Hi:
Anyone gardening with children might like to look at the "Victory Garden
Kids Gardening Book"  It gives lots of great ideas, and even makes a
good beginning garden manual for adults--though of course it doesn't use
square foot techniques.

I am thinking about trying pumpkins again. The last time I did so I let
them sprawl across one of my 4X5 beds. That worked fine until our
community garden was overrun by rats, who thought my pumpkins were
dee-licious!
Has anyone tried trellising pumpkins? I'm talking about small, 4-5 pound
types like "Baby Bear", NOT the giant types of course! I am also
thinking about trellising the teeny tiny Jack Be Little pumpkins in the
hopes of having a batch for my daughter to take to pre-school at
Halloween.

Speaking of my 3 year old, both she and  myhusband are raw onion lovers,
but looking at the seed catalogs is confusing me as to which sweet onion
I can grow around here. I'm in Alexandria, VA, and would like to try
Vidalias--does anyone know if they would do okay, or is there some other
type I should go for?

Thanks for any advice anyone can offer!

Lisa Springer
lspringer@mail.alexandria.lib.va.us
(Zone 7A)
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