I plant my tomatos about 3 ft apart zucs about the same. peppers can be closer maybe 2ft. crooknecks the same as zucs, pole beans grow vertical so you need a trellis not much space there. peas and snow peas???? pumpkins take alot of space long vines, about the manure I dont know but you could ask where you buy it what they recommend. I hope this helps a little.Good Luck and have fun with it, dont get discouraged the fruits of your labor will be discovered

I still get all stressed out, well, not really stressed, I know what will be will be, and I am content with that, but there is so much to do...
*and Comfrey is sooooo right, just take a deep breath and relax, and

*and I remember still being brand new to gardening and that's half the fun of learning new things...and I still go thru the same thing every year when it's time to figure out which stuff goes where and to rotate crops...*

I am not knowledgeable enough on the ratio of how much stuff to put in per square foot..
*darn, I guess my math teacher was right I would need to know math later on in life*

It is good to get the stuff thru the whole garden, that way roots don't stay in a single place.. but if you can't, side dressing is always
good, and needed for such plants like your squashes and pumpkins which are heavy feeders...

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
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Hang in there, Mrs. Spud ! It all sounds wonderful to me, as I can only garden in containers.
You've made great choices in what you're planting.
Green Thumb, 100 punds ! Wow !
Comfrey, I can't get any comfrey after all - helpppp !
Hi, Weezie !

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Bestofour,

You forgot the "OTHER" reasons as well. For one you just can`t get any fresher then your own. Second many veggies from commercial farmers are picked WAY too early IF you ask me like cucumbers and squash for one and finally but also VERY IMPORTANTLY look at the money you save.

Example: Last early fall\late summer tomatos were selling for over $4 a lb for a while but "I" did`nt care because I had my own fresh tomatos and (I forgot this) canning\jarring\vacumm packing. Look at all the FOOD you can get from your garden weather you save it store it eat it or sell it (farmers market\barter) your better off from what YOU make for yourself like your original point.

I think the best part for me is,
when I am making dinner, and I can just walk
out and pick it, and then use it..
I don't have to have it stuffed in my frig, or on a shelf, or opened, I just pick it...and use it.
Goshhhhhhhhh nothing finer...

*yes, and not paying for it is the total bonus..
especially those darn cherry tomatoes, I buy two containers of those at least a week, my husband takes a salad to work~6 days a week~ and those cherry/grape little tomatoes can get expensive...*

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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I was just pullin' our Rhubarb yesterday,
sent off about 6 loads to people, they often
bring back Rhubarb jam/jelly, Rhubarb w/ strawberry jello, Rhubarb relish, and Rhubarb pies..
Ohhhhhh, yummyyyyyyyyy!

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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Oh yea, we had a tomato plant come up in the middle of our back yard last year. We left it alone and eventually put a cage around it so we wouldn't forget it was there and mow it down. It got gigantic and we got the biggest tomatoes from it. Some of my potato plants from last year have come back up.

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oh yea, forgot to tell you my pumpkins are sprouting in my mudroom. I'm a grandma to some little sprouts.

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Congratulations Grandma!

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What's a mud room?

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Me? If you mean me, I really don't know what a mud room is.

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hey don't feel bad about the mudroom...I asked the same question. I also asked what a storm window was.

Moving from sunny centeral CA (zone 9) to west-central idaho (zone 5 on the cusp of 4) I really had no clue. Mudrooms are very important especially with snow!

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Hi Mrs. Spud, don't be using fresh manure in your garden. It will burn everything. You need old manure. I used to work for a dairy farmer and you wouldn't believe the people who would come looking for fresh manure for their gardens. Some couldn't be talked out of it and ended up with a crappy harvest.

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Thinking Spring, Thinking Spring...Nope, doesn't work.lol

I want to start to transplanting some of my plants soon. I'm bummed out it's been raining like all week and now into the weekend too. I was wondering if I can get some planting in the garden with the soil still wet or should i wait till the rain stops or some break in the rain/down pouring lol . I don't want to hurt the plants by touching them wet. What would be ok to plant, seeds and plants or just the seeds? and what should i wait on? I have tomatoes plants,pepper plants, egg plants, cantolope plants. I want to start the corn,peas, beans, beets, melons, pumpkins and cukes. maybe more and some herbs and LOTS sunflowers plants too. Any help would be great Im in western mass. Thanks

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being a mom is the best job their is and hardest too!!! lol