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Re: square foot gardening

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Vasha,

    You're welcome to come out and view the gardens. The broomcorn IS what brooms
are made from.  There are several fifth grade boys in the class that maintains that
garden that can't wait to make brooms.  We have a lot of seed.  I'm hoping to trade
for other seeds or plants....Do you want to trade.  I also have brown and white
cotton seed and will soon get green cotton seed.  An old friend that I had met when
I managed greenhouses at the botanical gardens has "found" me and we are trading
plants and seeds.

Shirley
Vasha Rosenblum wrote:

> Hi SHirley,
>
> I'm really curious about the 3' x 3' size beds - if they're big enough, and
> how you arrange them.
>
> We are having a parent work day at our school Nov. 7, 9-12, to get things
> ready for winter, to outline a wetland area with crossties, and improve
> drainage.  Have a bunch of volunteers lined up, so it should be light work
> for all.  One thing I am hoping will get done is building 4 boxes in a 4' x
> 6' dimension (I think), to grow cotton, soybeans, peanuts, and sorghum in
> spring.  Trying to get the 4th grade involved through crops of Alabama and
> Alabama history.  Can we grow those things?  I saw the cotton at the
> Botanical Garden and it sure looked good.
>
> I think you mentioned about growing broomcorn last summer?  Can you make
> brooms out of it?  Is it like "corn" corn?
>
> One more question - will you use manure (not the by the bag kind from HG) in
> your compost at school?  I've never used it at home.  From what I read, it
> would really improve the output, but I worry about aromas and pinworms, and
> parent complaints.  Any suggestions?
>
> Vasha
>
> At 04:23 PM 10/30/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Square Foot Gardening in Schools - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >
> >
> >HI!
> >
> >    We will be suing the square foot method in gardening for the first time
> >this speing.  Our gardens are almost finished.  It took longer than expected to
> >put them in.  We had a scout make 15 (2 less than we hoped) 3' X 3' boxes for
> >themed gardens.  I had sent a message in August about the gardens.  Would like
> >to hear from others that use square foot gardens at thier schools.
> >
> >Shirley Farrell
> >Leeds Elementary School
> >
> >
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> Vasha Rosenblum
> South Shades Crest School
> 3770 S. Shades Crest Road
> Hoover, AL 35244


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