Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

What you wrote about here (interplanting and succession planting), is one of the most enticing avenues of gardening I've encountered.  Yet I find the planning and organization intimidating, in part because my Central Texas environment is so hot, alkaline and (sometimes) dry, while all the books on the subject are written for more benign climates.  Is there one of the references you used that you would particularly recommend to get me jump-started?  I've ordered Jeavon's latest edition, but I haven't read any of Coleman's books, wondering if techniques developed in Maine would be of any use here.

 

I realize that the techniques and vegetable varieties can be adapted, but I don't, as yet, have that expertise.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: TradingPostPaul

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 12:06 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Improving the water-retention properties of the soil

Well, Dieter, good to have someone from Portugal. I hear they grow some
fine wine grapes. Here's something I wrote that should shed some light. I'm
not an expert so I do a lot of researching.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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Optimum spacing, intensive interplanting increases overall yields, reduces
moisture loss, losses to pests & weeds, & keeps all bed areas producing all
season. 
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