From: ht@panix.com   
      
   Where are you? I'm in the Ohio river valley and if you drop a seed,   
   you have to be careful to step aside.   
      
   Hul   
      
   songbird  wrote:   
   > Pavel314 wrote:   
   > ...   
   > > In a few years, we'll probably switch the pumpkin patch with vegetable   
   right.   
      
   >   i try to rotate everything each season, but in   
   > a few gardens the soil is so poor that i keep   
   > planting beans until i can get it into shape.   
      
   >   the rest of the gardens i rotate the tomatoes   
   > into first with the worms/worm compost and then   
   > follow with onions the next year.  i squeak some   
   > garlic in one of the gardens.   
      
   >   after several years they're due for another   
   > shot of worms/worm compost and since we don't   
   > over do it with what we plant and harvest and   
   > return all food/paper scraps and plant debris   
   > the garden soil has gradually improved each   
   > season.   
      
   >   i also rotate the areas i plant squash every   
   > year or two.  we went three years last year and   
   > it was ok, but it was time to move on.  this   
   > year with the seeds going in late we don't have   
   > too many squash out there to harvest.   
      
   >   considering where we started and how things   
   > have changed and how much we do harvest from   
   > these gardens i'm pretty happy with how it   
   > has been going.   
      
   >   different plants use different nutrients so   
   > it makes a lot of sense to rotate crops as then   
   > you will not need to amend so heavily and still   
   > can get decent crops.   
      
      
   >   songbird   
      
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