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Re: how to arrange your plants

At 05:37 PM 3/8/97 EST, you wrote:
>I am going to try to do as much as I can this year in the sqft method.  I
>have Mel's book, and I've been "lurking" on the list.  What I'd like to
>know is how do you find it best to arrange your various plants in the 1
>ft. squares?  If I'm going to plant several squares of lettuce, for
>example, is it best to put them side by side or to put something else in
>a square between the two squares of lettuce?  This may seem really
>elementary, but I'd like to know what works best for the rest of you.
>I'm planning to plant some leaf lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots, and
>turnips in the next several days, so I'd like to get some opinions before
>I do.  TIA !  :-)
>Rob

There's a wonderful book out there called _Carrots Love Tomatoes_ (no, I
don't remember the author --- UGH!) which tells you how to improve your
garden by planting some kinds of plants with others so that they act in a
symbiotic relationship and help each other grow and produce.  My mother has
used this book for years and her garden is just wonderful!

I already know, having found out the hard way, not to plant things like
onions or garlic with your tomatoes because they will flavor them
unpleasantly.  This year I'm planting with the spacing suggested by Mel but
I'm arranging the plants according to what the other book says they will
grow well with.

On a slightly skewed topic, I've always planted under a full moon or
according to when the Farmer's almanac says they should be planted.  I'm not
quite sure why, but I get better results that way.

Francine
Highland Rose Ranch
Montrose. Colorado
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