Re: Julie/garden

#1 · July 17, 2001, 5:04 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on July 17, 2001, 5:04 pm
Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Deanna, I am going to give the lasagna gardening a try. Thanks for the
suggestion. I will buy the book. I hate to borrow because my dogs have this
thing with books and like to destroy them. No thanks on the suggestion of
mucking. I have enough to muck of my own and really have to make it out
there soon to do that! 🙂 Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David & Deanna Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Julie/garden

> Julie,
>
> We are very fortunate here in MN to have excellent soil. I haven't met a
> person that can't grow something in MN. Our soil was awful in TN and we
had
> to add tons of stuff to it, bring in sand, bring in topsoil, etc.
>
> If you would like a load of that nice brown stuff from the barn to put on
> your garden plot. You are welcome to bring shovels and get a truck
> load...we can always use help mucking the barns.
>
> I've known many old time gardeners that begin a new plot by putting a
layer
> of manure down, then dump their grass clippings and produce refuse right
on
> top...do this all summer. Then when September comes cover the garden area
> with straw. The whole thing will freeze solid here but when it thaws in
the
> spring you will find you have a lovely bed to plant in. Try checking out
> the "Lasagna Gardening" from the library. If they don't have it, let me
> know and I'll send it via your friend that attends my church and you can
> borrow mine for awhile....Deanna
>
>
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Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Deanna, I am going to give the lasagna gardening a try. Thanks for the
suggestion. I will buy the book. I hate to borrow because my dogs have this
thing with books and like to destroy them. No thanks on the suggestion of
mucking. I have enough to muck of my own and really have to make it out
there soon to do that! 🙂 Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David & Deanna Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Julie/garden

> Julie,
>
> We are very fortunate here in MN to have excellent soil. I haven't met a
> person that can't grow something in MN. Our soil was awful in TN and we
had
> to add tons of stuff to it, bring in sand, bring in topsoil, etc.
>
> If you would like a load of that nice brown stuff from the barn to put on
> your garden plot. You are welcome to bring shovels and get a truck
> load...we can always use help mucking the barns.
>
> I've known many old time gardeners that begin a new plot by putting a
layer
> of manure down, then dump their grass clippings and produce refuse right
on
> top...do this all summer. Then when September comes cover the garden area
> with straw. The whole thing will freeze solid here but when it thaws in
the
> spring you will find you have a lovely bed to plant in. Try checking out
> the "Lasagna Gardening" from the library. If they don't have it, let me
> know and I'll send it via your friend that attends my church and you can
> borrow mine for awhile....Deanna
>
>
> --Shortcuts:
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TO:----> http://www.welovegod.org/digests/homesteadheaven
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