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Running out of room!
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Posted by southshoregardener z6 MA (My Page) on Sat, May 27, 06 at 6:37
| I can't believe that I am saying this as my garden is huge! I got a little too enthusiastic this winter with my seed starting and now I am running out of room. I was wondering, has anyone had luck with tucking squash or melon vines in their perrenial beds? My potager has perrenial beds on the outside and I was think that I could plant a few of them there (and maybe outwit the always frustrating squash vine borer!). |
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| My only problem with that would be that I need to cover my squash/melons with floating row covers to keep away the squash bugs and striped cuke beetles. Row covers may not look very attractive in the perennial garden. -Diggity |
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| yeah, I've even been known to grow melons in pots. Big ones, of course. |
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| I recently ( this year- so it is untested...) started running out of room.. soooo I am now putting things like jalepenos and herbs OUTSIDE the gated veggie/potager garden.. ( aroudn here all veggies must be fenced.. deer, groundhogs,bears... you name it) I have perrenials on the outside and now I am putting hot peppers and herbs that the deer and such wont eat on the outside.. this saves me space on the inside for MORE of the stuff that must be protected. so i say- if nothign will eat it- try it on the outside in the perrenial beds :) |
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