Comments on: Turn your garden into an eco-friendly food garden

By: Jackie Lee

Jackie Lee — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:02:23 +0000

Some great tips. I’ve been using “lasagna gardening” methods in my raised beds for years. This year I’m trying to grow groceries to last us through the winter so I’m going back into the ground. I’m so excited it’s getting warm enough to get started!
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By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:16:52 +0000

That’s a great tip about the potatoes! I just discovered the joys of sheet mulching last year. So easy!
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By: Health Food Junction

Health Food Junction — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:03 +0000

Don't forget your cow pots either to help with planting.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:23:00 +0000

Perfect ideas – great post! We have such a great space in our backyard for this. I’d love to convert the whole thing into a vegetable-growing space, but I think the kids might disapprove. Ah, a corner then.

thanks…

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By: urbanmike

urbanmike — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:21:59 +0000

Some great tips here Tracey, we’re into our second year in the Kootenays, BC on a 3/4 acre block. Just planning our veggies now as the snow starts to melt. Still a few months till no frost, but we’re starting indoors.

We sheet mulched two sections of our yard in the fall, it will be interesting to see how it faired over the winter. We had about 2 feet of snow up until two weeks ago. I might need to put some more cmpost accelerator on the areas to ensure it breaks down enough.

By: N. & J.

N. & J. — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:31:47 +0000

My fiance and I have used our tiny apartment as an excuse not to grow plants for years but this year we are going to give it a go. Wish us luck! You can check out on our progress at http://badhuman.wordpress.com

By: colin syme

colin syme — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:22:07 +0000

I have been growing vegetables for the last 30 years; You only need 80 sq. ft to feed a family for a year! best crops areand salad, grow several types of lettuce, take leaves daily, they will grow through summer, grow carrots under plastic (fly proof). Useful for winter are, leeks,parsnips,turnips,carrots and onions, they can be stored in a shed and used throughout winter. Compost can be made by stuffing all leaf waste into black bin bags and left for two years, however plastic “Compost Makers” are best. To avoid pests like carrot/cabbage fly, grow crops like garlic and onions among those crops as the smell confuses the pest,never weed carrots during the day as you release the scent, do it late afternoon! For long carrots dig a trench, two foot deep, line the bottom with compost/ well rotted cow manure, fill in the trench stamp down, then sow carrots the following year,—you will! have long carrots.