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Re: Mourning the passing of this list

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Hi,

I am a lurker, mainly because I am brand new to square foot gardening
(actually to gardening of any kind).  I also got a rather late start, so
whereas I see others posting about what is growing I am still looking for
something to sprout.  I have been reading the conversations and gleaning
what I can from the rest of you, as I have little to contribute.

So, in the interest of drumming up some conversation, I will tell you
about my gardening attempts.  My back yard is small and full of roots,
and the soil is hard clay, so I decided to try making raised beds.  My
husband built the first one out of old patio pavers we had laying around,
and there are four more made of concrete block.  I am mixing my own soil,
but I am not using any particular recipe.

I found one female blossom on my cucumber plant last week and
hand-pollinated it.  Two days ago it was growing nicely.  Today I went
out and some critter had picked it and gnawed at it.  At least if they
were going to take it, they could have enjoyed it.  Do squirrels eat
cucumers?  Something is also eating my pepper plants.  I only have one
left out of 10 that still has leaves.

I have four surviving tomato plants that I bought - two surviving
peppers, though I am waiting to see what happens with the rest of them -
two cucumbers in a pot, two summer squash in pots, two cherry and two
Roma tomatoes in pots.  The squash and potted tomatoes don't seem to be
doing much.  There are lots of male blossoms on the cucumbers but I have
only seen two female blossoms - both have been picked by a critter.  I
see a blossom starting to open on one of the bed tomatoes.  I had planted
arugula and bunching onions but the birds got them.  I planted radishes
but they did not bulb for some reason.  I pulled them (fed them to my
rabbits) and replanted the square with bush beans.  Then I did the entire
second bed in bush beans.  They just started sprouting and already I can
see where something has been pulling them up (I presume birds).  I pulled
a sheet of plastic over them until I can make some cages.  I was hoping
to get by without them but it doesn't look like I will.  I also replaced
the arugula and a pepper with New Zealand spinach, which still hasn't
sprouted.  I replaced the onions with Swiss chard which just sprouted.

Since I got such a late start I am planning a fall garden.  Weather
permitting, we will mix the soil for at least one more of the remaining
beds on Saturday and start the July sowings.  I also plan on
overwintering some veggies (like kale and cabbage for my bunnies).  I
figure I have nothing to lose but a couple of seeds.

Jen in PA
Zone 6
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