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- From: jhb@calmasd.prime.com (Jim Bishop)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: essential veggies to grow
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.140308.1068@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 22:03:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.045857.15192@math.ucla.edu> <1992Dec29.144659.3004@hou.amoco.com>
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- > I am going to start my FIRST garden this summer. Santa was good and brought me
- > the book entitled "Square Foot Gardening" I am planning to try the same concepts
- > but in big pots or wooden boxes. I live in an apartment in New Orleans... long hot
- > summers
- >
- >
- > The vegetables I am planning to grow are:
- >
- > Any recommendations on what kind to buy and where to get them would be greatly
- > appreciated.
- >
- [part deleted]
- >
- > b. Lettuce.. I was thinking Boston lettuce... but I would like to try others...
- > store bought lettuce is expensive and you end up throwing most of it away.
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- If you live in New Orleans, you should grow lettuce as a winter or
- early spring crop. Cover it with a blanket if a hard freeze
- threatens. You can also grow a fall crop if you can get the seed to
- germinate in the heat of late summer.
-
- Jim
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