Re: Pumpkin strip.

Pattie:
Depending on how creative (or how big your family and friends group is) may
I recommend that you get
    1. cucumbers (some love! to climb fences - especially with a little help
from ties made from the cutting strips from plastic trash bags)
    2. depending on how good/bad the soil is- cantaloupes.
    3. any of the squash family: pumpkins, winter squash, spaghetti squash,
acorn squash, zucchini, summer yellow squash, etc
    4. if the deer aren't extremely terrible you can use the fence to
support tomatoes also.
Enjoy planning this out - that is 1/3rd the fun of a garden.
Nancy @
MuslimaLeila@hotmail.com


pattie@juno.com wrote:

> Well, Robbie the rototiller just woke up from his hibernation and is
> already
> hassling me to start doing something.  He says he wants to
> till that 80ft strip along the property edge but doesn't want to do
> it alone.  Robbie is not much of a self-starter.  He can't seem to
> do a darned thing by himself.  He is always complaining, clean me,
> check my oil, gimme some gas, pull on this,etc.  Oh well, I guess he's
> worth it.
>      Some of you may remember last year when we tilled this spot and
> put down the "twenty packages for a dollar"  flower seeds, and not
> a single seed sprouted.  (I still think Robbie was wrong about the money
> we used to buy the seeds with was "tainted" just because I "gathered"
> it from the mall pond)
>      Well, this year I am thinking of growing my "Duncan type" pumpkins
> in the strip and sending the runners off into the weeds.  The deer will
> eat the yellow flowers, but I since I will only keep only one or two
> fruits on
> each vine anyway, maybe this will work to my advantage.  When I see
> a flower start to form, I can put a wire cage over it so the deer won't
> be able to eat it, but any other flowers down the line will be eaten and
> therefore
> all the energy will be directed to the protected pumpkin.
>      There will be an 80ft soaker hose running down the center of the
> strip.
>      What do you think?  Any suggestions?  ( I mean suggestions about
> the pumpkin ideas, not personal suggestions).
>      What other veggies could I grow in this strip that wouldn't
> interfere with
> the pumpkins and not be eaten by the deer?  No root crops because
> this is not the nicest soil for root crops.
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Stan                   the cheap and lazy gardener
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