Comments on: Updating http://dirtundermynails.com/2008/07/15/updating/ Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: june http://dirtundermynails.com/2008/07/15/updating/comment-page-1/#comment-36497 june Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:44:31 +0000 http://dirtundermynails.com/?p=895#comment-36497 John Jeavon's "How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine" is a very useful resource. He encourages double digging. I've done both, double dug and created raised beds...and have great results with both. Raised beds is definitely the quicker method. With regards to Jeavon's book, it has diagrams that illustrate really neat concepts like planting companion plants in hexagonal patterns to make the most of your space. The book also has a good variety of premade plans (how it will all be laid out in the garden, when to start seeds, when to put in the ground and so on) I'm glad to hear things are going well! John Jeavon’s “How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine” is a very useful resource.

He encourages double digging. I’ve done both, double dug and created raised beds…and have great results with both. Raised beds is definitely the quicker method.

With regards to Jeavon’s book, it has diagrams that illustrate really neat concepts like planting companion plants in hexagonal patterns to make the most of your space. The book also has a good variety of premade plans (how it will all be laid out in the garden, when to start seeds, when to put in the ground and so on)

I’m glad to hear things are going well!

]]> By: Nikola http://dirtundermynails.com/2008/07/15/updating/comment-page-1/#comment-35810 Nikola Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:06:48 +0000 http://dirtundermynails.com/?p=895#comment-35810 I agree with the others. We have raised beds and I love them. Google square foot gardening to take full advantage. Have fun! As for Kathy's comment on drying out - you could use a venetian well (I think that's what they call them...) which is essentially a big plastic milk jug with holes in it that you bury in the center of them. You fill them with water and it helps maintain the moisture. I agree with the others. We have raised beds and I love them. Google square foot gardening to take full advantage. Have fun!

As for Kathy’s comment on drying out – you could use a venetian well (I think that’s what they call them…) which is essentially a big plastic milk jug with holes in it that you bury in the center of them. You fill them with water and it helps maintain the moisture.

]]> By: Kathy http://dirtundermynails.com/2008/07/15/updating/comment-page-1/#comment-35351 Kathy Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:32:46 +0000 http://dirtundermynails.com/?p=895#comment-35351 I'd go the raised bed route, too. They dry out a bit faster, but you don't have to till and you don't have to deal with the hard clay. I’d go the raised bed route, too. They dry out a bit faster, but you don’t have to till and you don’t have to deal with the hard clay.

]]> By: Leigh http://dirtundermynails.com/2008/07/15/updating/comment-page-1/#comment-35326 Leigh Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:20 +0000 http://dirtundermynails.com/?p=895#comment-35326 Raised beds. Really. Keith has a spectacular garden every year,and gets loads of compost from the town for soemthing like 40/truck load. There is a book he used that encourages raised beds and organic everything else. Good luck! Post a picture of hte secret nook! It sounds intriguing. Raised beds. Really. Keith has a spectacular garden every year,and gets loads of compost from the town for soemthing like 40/truck load. There is a book he used that encourages raised beds and organic everything else. Good luck! Post a picture of hte secret nook! It sounds intriguing.

]]> By: shannon http://dirtundermynails.com/2008/07/15/updating/comment-page-1/#comment-35317 shannon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:43:24 +0000 http://dirtundermynails.com/?p=895#comment-35317 Sounds like a perfect raised bed situation Maria - and you already have wood to make rough sides, gravel to put on the bottom for drainage, and loose dirt to fill them with. :) Sounds like a perfect raised bed situation Maria – and you already have wood to make rough sides, gravel to put on the bottom for drainage, and loose dirt to fill them with. :)

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