On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 17:18:37 +0100, martin wrote:

"Frogleg" wrote in message

My community garden plot, which I realize
isn't like an allotment, was 9 sq meters (20'x40') and kept me *very*
busy.


perhaps but 20'x40' is about 90 sq meters, so it was just a typo

How kind of you. I *do* remember pi to 15 significant digits, and the
(average) radius of the earth is 6371.2km. But I can't count to 12
without taking off my socks. :-)

We have 100 sq meters

Now, what about 'styles'? In my group, there were beginners who
ambitiously prepped and planted rather randomly, then straggled on as
things got more and more out of control (weeds were a big problem).
One family planted their whole plot in chiles, and must have
cultivated at night because I never saw anyone there, 'though the
plants were maintained. Another had a virtual greengrocery of mixed
veg and vines. As the season progressed, they constructed trellises
and an arbor of twigs Lovely results year after year. One fella was
only interested in tomatoes. At the beginning of the season, he put
down black plastic mulch in the middle of his plot, planted a dozen
plants, and went away. Mid summer, he fought his way through a 4' high
weed jungle to the clear spot and picked tomatoes.