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frost question
"0tterbot" wrote in message
"gardenlen" wrote in message so in short trees and covers i reckon, you may need a grow tunnel so you have the summer crops long enough? i'm going to make some of those (it's on my exceedingly long to-do list). ideally i'd have had them for this spring, but i was in such a hurry i just did the garden anyway without any sort of cloches or anything, & then felt sad about how much it would have helped. i'm also getting less naive about conditions here, too ;-) Have a look at Len's strawbale beds. Straw is a very useful medium but expensive at the moment - sigh. It's worth buying some straw in Autumn and aging it (by that I mean put it on the ground and then turn it regularly to age it - fresh straw can be antagonistic to new plant growth so just turn each face to the earth over about a 4 month period - it rots a bit but not enough to destroy it). Once its aged over winter set out 3 bales facing north in a U shape in late winter over prepared ground and put 2 old windows on the northern side - one on the top of the bales and the other leaning onto the open part of the U. The sun will warm it up and give you an early planting spot - good for cucurbitszucchini etc as by the time the frosts are over they are big enough to power on. |
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