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Re: My First Square Foot Garden

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"Deborah J. Martin" wrote:
> I need spacing information of these
> vegetables:

> 27. Collards

16" to 18".  Page 104 of The Book has a diagram of 18" spacing; page 105
has a description of 16" spacing.

> 29. Kale

I'm trying to remember how close i planted kale.  It was either 6" (4
per sqft) or 12" (1 per sqft).  The ideal is probably 8", or 9 per 2'
square section.

> I am looking for a guide to companion planting and also which plants not
> to plant near each other.

The most popular text is _Carrots Love Tomatoes_, by Louise Riotte, but
i've heard that that book is out of print.

From my own experience, onions do not like beans.

> I am in Las Cruces, New Mexico and think I am a zone 8, but I see others
> say they are an 8b or such.  What does the b mean??  How do I find out
> if I am an 8 something??  Thank in advance for all your help, Debbie

An a means the colder half of the zone.  A b is the other half.  (I
don't want to say "warmer" because the zones indicate cold, not heat.)

Here is a map from the US National Arboretum:

  http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/Beltsville/na/hardzone/hzm-sm1.htm
-- 
@->-`-,----------------------------------------------+
|  Cousin Ricky      USDA zone 11, Virgin Islands    |
|  rcallwo@uvi.edu   formerly zone 6, Massachusetts  |
+----------------------------------------------------+


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