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Re: 30 ft long garden on East side of house

I also garden along a wall. My "bed" is 36 inches wide. It works just
fine. I do have to leave 12" walk spaces between the 4 ft. beds to be
able to reach to the center. You may be able to stretch to 20 inches.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA

On Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:54:53 -0600 James Marconnet
<Jim-Marconnet@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes:
>I'm brand new at SF gardening. Just read the book and set up my garden
>on the
> East side
>of my house (brick). Garden is 30 feet long and 20 inches wide. Plan
>to drive
> tomato
>stakes into the ground along the wall and to add strings for climbing
>plants. I
> am
>obviously *Not* using the 4 ft by 4 ft beds recommended in the book,
>but this is
> what I
>can do within some limitations of my particular property. I live on
>the East
> side of a
>mountain and North of a forest, so my sun is limited no matter where I
>garden.
>
>Many years ago I gardened in a different place, but North of a tall
>row of pine
> trees.
>My tomato plants looked like stair steps leading away from the pine
>tree shade.
>
>Any comments on this garden arrangement or suggestions based on your
> experiences?
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