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(PENMART01) wrote:

> >Richard Periut writes:
> >
> >PENMART01 wrote:
> >>
> >> Not really out of whack... but depends what is meant by "well tended"...
> >and
> >> how much tending to one is willing to do. It's far more advantageous to
> >plant
> >> a few tomato plants and not spend so much time and effort tending to. I
> >can
> >> easily get 100 lbs of tomatoes from three plants and do practically no
> >tending
> >> to.
> >
> >Which varieties do you grown? Heirlooms, indeterminates, et cetera?
> >
> >I've had a bit of luck with pot grown stuff, but I'm thinking of
> >dedicating the North part of my back yard to a veggie garden. I would
> >have about 3 * 80 sq. feet. I'm going to have to sacrifice that space,
> >which is normally grass. My neighbor I think wont like it, because there
> >will be various plants, shrubs, et cetera, adorning the S part of his
> >lawn (border.)
> >
> >Also, do you germinate the seeds yourself, or buy the small plants?
>
> I used to grow tomatoes from seed but for many years now I buy flats of
> plants... cost ends up about the same and plants are far less labor
> intensive.
> I generally plant romas and beefsteaks, and various hybrid tomatoes, I like
> to
> plant some cherry tomatoes too and I may plant a few heirlooms just for fun.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by a " 3 * 80 sq. feet" space. My primary veggie
> garden occupies a fenced 50' X 50' area... this is plenty of room to grow
> more
> than I can ever hope to use myself... in fact my neighbor and I trade the
> items
> the other doesn't grow, kind of a co-op deal, adn we both give lots away.
> Why
> not discuss the placement of your garden with your neighbor, give him some
> options, such as him having an adjoining garden, perhaps with a space between
> on the property line, enough for a lawn mower to pass through. My garden sets
> in a field right along side a small stream, the ground stays moist enough
> that
> I never need to water.
>
> There is no monetary saving associated with having a veggie garden, it's a
> hobby I do for personal fulfillment and so that I can have some decent
> vegetables, but it is a very expensive hobby... and a tremendous amount of
> hard
> physical labor.
>
> Sheldon
>
I have to concur...
I could buy a lot of veggies from the store for the money I spend on
water..... :-)

But I will still continue to garden! It's very fulfilling.

K.