Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!rduxb!aluxe!bobhic From: bobhic@aluxe.UUCP (ADOLT) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: to new gardener - juilo Message-ID: <768@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 10:57:10 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.768 Posted: Wed Jul 10 10:57:10 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 00:37:20 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 38 To new gardener - juilo Your original article got deleted before I could respond, but I would like to encourage your initial efforts at gardening. Giving specific advice as to what will work for you is impossible since I live in a different part of the country. My general advice to you is to: 1. ask questions. (esp. of older people in your immediate area) 2. walk around your neighborhood and see what others are doing. Most gardeners will be more than happy to give you a guided tour of their gardens. 3. read the books, magazines, catalogs, and seed packets very carefully (with a grain of salt). Planting dates and time to maturity VARY. 4. use your common sense and EXPERIMENT. In answer to one of your specific questions about planting seeds at this late date: I would recommend that you try a 'fall' garden. Some veggies prefer fall to spring or summer: peas, carrots, beans, lettuce, radishes, spinach, endive, mustard, turnips (all from seeds) and broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower (from sets). Find out the earliest date that your area has a killing frost. Read the seed packs and determine if you have enough growing time. If you do - go for it. Additional time can be realized by soaking the seeds in water (usually overnight) prior to planting and by covering your plants when a frost is scheduled. BTW - I enjoy my fall garden much more than my spring or summer gardens. And, last year I was still harvesting into the second week of November. ----------------------------------------------------------- Bob Adolt -----------------------------------------------------------