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Re: Catalogs are here

Okay, I can't stand it -- what's ophio?

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> From: Neason <Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Catalogs are here
> Date: December 30, 1997 7:58 AM
> 
> 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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