So far my best contribution to gardening has been the concrete block
method where I use 16"x8"x8" block with their 2 holes as a sort of pot
for plants. I put the block over strawberries and asparagus and have the
plants grow out of the holes. Tomatoes are especially good when grown
the concrete block method and when they get tall, to put a wire cage on
them also.

But I want to discuss the best way of growing cucumbers and watermelon
because of the trouble in mowing around them as they spread. It makes
mowing undesirable because of the spreading cucumbers or watermelon and
then the weeds and grasses get to high.

So I have solved this problem. Wire fences do not work because although
they are better than cucumbers and watermelon on pure ground, the
horizontal or vertical fencing still allows too many weeds and grasses.

The best thing is a firewood row. Firewood stacked in a row and not high
off the ground is somewhat a solid blanket to prevent weeds and grasses.
So I plant the cucumbers and watermelon alongside a firewood row and
train the young cucumbers (most of them head for the row anyway) and
young watermelon to spread onto the wood row. My wood row is about 6 to
8 feet across.

Wire fences either vertical or horizontal just do not suppress the weeds
and grasses enough. The wood firewood row suppresses and allows the
watermelon or cucumber weight off the plant and have the wood support
the heavy weight of the watermelon.

Also, I start the seed in a peatmoss pot and plant it at the edge of the
wood row in a precisely determined spot rather than dig a row and plant
it in the ground and once I plant the young cucumber or watermelon I put
a concrete block on it so that in the summertime I know exactly where
the base is and can easily water it.

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