On Mar 10, 7:33 am, wrote:
On 7 Mar, 21:40, "Jay" wrote:



The question as to what you would like to plant in the garden may
determine your choice
of garden size. If flowers are your joy, then a shallow garden would
be appropriate while the vegetable
garden may require deeper soil for root types of plants. So according
to this, a 6 inch tall garden
would do well for the flower gardener and a 12 inch tall would do for
the vegetable gardener.

Be sure to plant variations of vegetables you enjoy the most. You will
immediately be
impressed by the difference in the taste of the vegetables you grow
yourself over what
you experience with store bought food.

Arranging the types of vegetables, or flowers, to best take advantage
of the sun
should be considered. Taller plants would naturally be toward the back
as would trellised
vines. Selections similar to tomatoes might grace the center rows
while things that
grow close to the ground like lettuce and cabbage would be planted in
front. This
maximizes the sun for each species. Another consideration would be to
stagger the
planting of each kind of vegetable to different times so that they
would bear fruit
throughout the season. Don't forget that you may have several
planting times when
you consider that some plants thrive into the fall and winter.www.raised-garden-bed.com

Jay,
I'm thinking of planting a herb garden, what is the best time of year
to do this, do you recommend planting directly into the soil or
planting in containers and what are the most easiest herbs to grow - I
am a complete novice at this....
Jo

Hi Jo,
I have yet to deal with herbs. Hopefully I will explore that aspect of
gardening later this spring. I'm sorry that I cannot offer any
information to you.
Jay