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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM, deb <stufunlimited AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I do grow cooking and medicinal herbs and have raised broc and snap peas.


Here's a wacky idea for you. Perhaps next year plant more than you need of
what you have already successfully grown. Consider adding beets, spinach,
garlic and onion, or putting in a small patch of rhubarb and asparagus to
add to the mix (without much effort required once planted). Find a partner
to trade with for summer vegetables. You grow spring veggies and they do the
summer ones.

I personally think you'd have the better end of the deal. When you're done
you could your gardens with leaves and grass clippings (from a neighbor?) or
a bit of cover crop and be done with it while your veggie partner fights
weeds and bugs all summer.

lkvp