Re: Hello

I have used the pathways between my beds as a compost bed. I dug them out
to 3 feet  and placed the the dirt into the raised bed. Filled the trenches
with compost from the town and grass from the lawn. The plant roots grow
right into the paths and it is loaded with worms. In the spring I clean out
the paths by placing the compost into the beds and fill them up again.

Frank

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> From: Pesznecker, Sue <SPesznec@lhs.org>
> To: 'veggie-list@eskimo.com'
> Subject: RE: Hello
> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 4:06 PM
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm new, too.  Just signed on a couple of days ago.
> 
> I live in Milwaukie, Oregon, just south of Portland.  My microclimate
(USDA
> zone 8, Sunset zone 6) is primarily  Willamette Valley weather with an
> occasional shot of COLD via east winds that shoot out of the Columbia
gorge
> and down the I-205 corridor.
> 
> I am still what I would consider a neophyte gardener, but had a wonderful
> vegetable garden last year.  The main garden was a 23 foot (roughly)
square
> that was organized into 4-5' square raised beds, with 12" paths between
each
> bed.  On the pathways, we put several layers of folded newspaper and
topped
> this with a thick padding of straw.  This had several beneficial effects:
> First, it completely kept the weeds down int he paths.  Second, it gave
us a
> clean, non-muddy pathway.  Third, it seemed to be a wonderful slug
barrier.
> I don't know if they didn't like crossing the straw, or what, but we had
> nary a slug in the garden all year.  Fourth, as we speak, it is all
> decomposing and will be tilled in when we get ready to plant in
March-April.
> 
> The "accessory" garden was a "right triangle" about 23 and 18 feet on the
> long arms.  
> 
> Last year I grew 4 varieties of potatoes, acorn squash, zucchini squash,
> pumpkins, bush beans, three var. of vining peas, sugar snap peas, sweet
> corn, "Indian" corn, popcorn, carrots, cucumbers (bush), shallots,
garlic,
> sweet onions, leeks, lettuce (three var. including a Mesclun blend),
> radishes (two var.), broccoli, tomatoes (three standard var., one golden,
> one cherry), sunflowers, and ornamental gourds.  
> 
> I also grew several herbs:  basil, parsley, chamomile, chives, rosemary,
> thyme, sage (three types), summer savory, oregano, and peppermint.
> 
> I am anxious to have any hints, suggestions, or ideas that anyone can
offer.
> 
> Sue P.
> 
> SPesznec@lhs.org                   Milwaukie, OR.
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	rosenlund
> > Sent: 	Wednesday, January 13, 1999 5:49 PM
> > To: 	Veggie-List
> > Subject: 	RE: Hello
> > 
> > Welcome Beth, 
> > 
> > I'm kind of new here too.
> > Where you from ?
> > What kinds of things are you planning to grow ?
> > 
> > I'm going all out this year too. I've driving my family crazy with
> > all the Open-Pollinate and Heirloom veggie talk.  
> > Psycho-Gardening a friend calls it. Fun, fun.
> > 
> > Sincerely,       
> > ~Carleen~
> > Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
> > Rainier, OR  zone 8  
> > ----------
> > > From: Grem, Beth A <GremEA@navair.navy.mil>
> > > To: 'veggie-list@eskimo.com'
> > > Subject: Hello
> > > Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 7:53 AM
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >   Just joined the group.  Planning for a great garden this year!
> > > 
> > > Beth
> >
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