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Re: Catalogs are here

Duncan,

I think that with 120 sq ft you should concentrate on what grows best
for you, in the season that it grows best in.  You can't afford the time
and the losses that occur with trying to "beat the season".  Make use of
a cold frame or indoor light arrangement so that you don't use garden
space for seedling and so that you can transplant only the healthiest
plants into your limited space.

I would suggest greens (incl lettuce) and roots early, and brassicas and
roots late.  If you want to give up the space, you could grow two
zuccinni or two Cream of the Crop winter squash.  If you have annual
flower beds you may want to give up part of them for the squash.  Also,
I'd recommend garlic in flower beds.  You'll be able to grow artichoke
garlic and maybe ophio.  Up here in Enumclaw we get enough winter to be
sure of a good ophio crop every year, but you may not get cold enough in
FW.

Onions grown from sets may be worthwhile but they should be in the
ground before the end of March and they'll use the space until Sept. You
might be able to get bulk onion sets (so you don't have to buy too many)
at the Oriental Garden Center in FW.  That's where I get my rototiller
parts.  I don't know if they have a Territorial rack there or not.  (I
lived in FW from '72-'78 and graduated from FWHS in 1975.)

If you're a toamto freak then you could just plant the whole thing in
tomatoes ot tomatoes and peppers.  But you'll only be using the soil
from early May to late Sept so you'll need a cover crop after the
tomatoes are up.  Two words: fava beans.  

There, Duncan, is that enough to get a round of conversation started? 
(It feels funny, me telling *you* what to do in the garden.)

Steve



Duncan McAlpine wrote:
> 
> Ok, the catalogs are coming in and I need to order some seeds. I will
> provide some dimensions for my garden and I hope you can tell me what to
> plant.
> 
> Of course it is in Full sun and the soil is a sandyloam the process cow
> manure.  It is just 15' x 8'x 12" tilled. So what should I grow and why?
> --
> Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
> Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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