Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Keep us posted. It's an interesting exercise. Since I haven't looked into
it, I'm curious whether the Mittleider CD incorporates use of mulch for
moisture retention and weed suppression, optimum all-direction planting
distances in permanent beds, continuous planting for continuous weed cover,
no-till for weed control and permanent drip irrigation, selection of cool
and warm season varieties for production all season, or season extending
row covers or cold frames and greenhouses. 

I must stress this: these are low cost, labor saving practices that make
growing more practical on any scale, not nice ideas for people with time on
their hands and money to burn. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/1/2007 at 8:26 PM E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:

>As I indicated earlier, I intend to investigate the garden planning
>software I can find, to see if any can simplify the planning and record
>keeping for intensive gardening.
>
>The first I tried is Garden Master
>http://www.foodforeveryone.org/garden_master/ .  It's neat, easy to
>install and use, but there are no inherent capabilities for interplanting
>or succession planting.  I believe that I can develop some workarounds
>that will help, but it appears to be (only) a nice program for standard
>gardening.
>
>More later.
>
>E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>www.hillcountrynatives.biz
>
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