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Re: New gardener

Moly writes  >However, we're newly graduated and POOR.

I have experienced POOR. Get to know your neighbors. Perhaps you can
borrow tools for a while. Depending on the present condition of your
soil, you may be able to get started with little more than some turning.
If you can get lawn clippings and such from the neighbors, you can make
enough compost for one block in a large plastic bag. Scrounge
materials.(Mel was a strong advocate of this in his videos.) In the
beginning, choose crops that will grow in  your existing soil. Shop for
bargain seeds and plants. I do very well without raised beds with fancy
edgings.( Look at the picture on the dust jacket of Mel's book. [from the
library] No raised beds!)

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]

On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:17:31 -0500 Molly <aerial@DARKHORSE.TRIAD.NET>
writes:
>Hello all,
>
>We've just moved, and for the first time I have a little bit of land
>to
>garden in.  (We're talking LITTLE, exactly the size for one 4x4
>square).
>The managment has to fix the gutter first so I won't have a little
>pond
>there when it rains).  The plot gets about 6-8 hours of full sun/
>dappled
>sun every day.  I'm in Oklahoma, so it's hot and sunny.
>
>However, we're newly graduated and POOR.  Can you help me figure out
>the
>minimum I need to get to get started?  I know it's a little late in
>the
>season to start, so I'm willing to wait until next year.  I know I
>need
>something to turn the soil over with, but I'm not quite sure what else
>I
>really need.
>
>The plot is right against a wall, so I don't need to make anything for
>vines.  I figure I'll just run some string from stakes to hooks in the
>wall.  Other than that I have no idea what I need to get started.
>Help,
>please!
>
>Molly
>
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