MOMPEAGRAM wrote:
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> "Sky" > wrote in message
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> > How many RFCers grow seasonal gardens for fresh produce? What do you
> > try to grow? Any special tricks or hints (for whatevers)?
> >
> >
> > Sky, who's trying to make that brown thumb green
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> We plant each spring and sometimes in fall. I have a raised bed so the
> rabbits don't get at it but the earwigs are bad this year. We planted
> tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, squash, red peppers and garlic. I usually
> keep parsley in the garden but the raised bed doesn't seem to support the
> sage and other herbs. I get lots of voluntary tomato plants from the year
> before. They are just starting to ripen now. The zucchini hasn't
> produced very well. Oh and beets. We had a small crop of those and green
> beans. The garlic is out and drying. Can't give you too many hints
> because we just plant and water.
>
> MoM

Now that's a summer garden! I can imagine all the good things that get
cooked up with the selection of that fare One thing about raised
beds that's really nice, one doesn't have to bend down as far to
harvest. I'll make raised beds next time I do some 'serious' garden
revamping (after I win that lottery <g>).

Sky

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