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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 353299" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">There are a lot of great gardening sites on line that will walk you through what to plant next to what and not, how much spacing is needed, etc. Also, on Facebook, I belong to a couple of gardening groups that are fun and informational. Check them out. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Since you're growing a lot of plants that have vines and spread way out (pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, zuchhini, etc) you may not have enough space going outwards. However, you can either make your own or buy trellisses (tee-pee/cone shaped) so the vines can grow UP rather than OUT and that will leave you more ground for other veggies like tomatos, peppers, and carrots, etc. Makikng your own cone shaped trellisses can be fun. Gather strong sticks that have fallen over the winter and after you've make them similar lengths, gather one end of all the sticks and tie together with twine while allowing the other ends to spread a bit. Once you lodge the spread out ends into the soil, it with keep the shape and the viney plants will grow up it (you do have to train the plants a bit in the beginning to grow up the trellis). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">Will your garden be organic?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 353299, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]There are a lot of great gardening sites on line that will walk you through what to plant next to what and not, how much spacing is needed, etc. Also, on Facebook, I belong to a couple of gardening groups that are fun and informational. Check them out. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Since you're growing a lot of plants that have vines and spread way out (pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, zuchhini, etc) you may not have enough space going outwards. However, you can either make your own or buy trellisses (tee-pee/cone shaped) so the vines can grow UP rather than OUT and that will leave you more ground for other veggies like tomatos, peppers, and carrots, etc. Makikng your own cone shaped trellisses can be fun. Gather strong sticks that have fallen over the winter and after you've make them similar lengths, gather one end of all the sticks and tie together with twine while allowing the other ends to spread a bit. Once you lodge the spread out ends into the soil, it with keep the shape and the viney plants will grow up it (you do have to train the plants a bit in the beginning to grow up the trellis). [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]Will your garden be organic?[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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