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Rebecca Lewinski wrote:
> Hello, all!
>
> I haven't properly introduced myself since joining the list some
> months back, but here I am!  I'm Rebecca, 

Hi Rebecca, and you know I HAVE to ask...are you related to Monica? hehe ;)




our family of four lives in
> western Washington state about an hour north of Seattle (not quite
> empty nesters but it's getting close).  We've been sort of urban
> homesteading for the last two decades, but it fell by the wayside a
> few years ago due to various infirmities that needed fixing.  I don't
> always have time to go over the posts in this list, but I do try to
> scan for helpful bits that will allow me to garden again (anyone got
> a favorite site for info on building an "accesible" garden?  Thanks
> to modern medicine I can walk now.  I just can't bend over much, or
> lift much without putting myself out of commission).

It sounds like you are like me in that a biologic saved your quality of 
life.  I take Enbrel.  Do you have RA?
Anyway, I made 'monster' raised beds....I'll try to dig up some pics for 
you if you are interested.  They aren't that pretty to look at, but it 
sure works for me.


> Loved the ideas presented regarding the Tomato Ring!  


Thank you.


Do you yacon
> growers think a person could plant a yacon in the middle of the
> tomato ring and not have the tomatoes and yacon take a dislike to
> each other?  I was going to do a compost/straw cage to grow yacon in
> this year, as I thought it would make the tubers really easy to
> harvest (never tried yacon before, got three starts in the mail this
> week).  Perhaps someone can recommend something other than tomatoes
> to train up over my yacon cages, or perhaps a different mix of
> growing medium in the cage?

I don't know what that is...I'll have to look that up..

Bev
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