Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

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Bernard Bailey makes a very important point about the need for water in this type of garden. Here are his comments.

"The picture of the rain gutter garden interested me. My first thought was a memory of some long planter boxes that were about six inches deep and six inches high that I made a lot of years ago. I had them planted with strawberries. In our heat, I would soak them well before leaving for work, but they would be totally dried out and the plants wilted by the time I got home. However, that was before I discovered those black soaker hoses made from recycled tires. I think even in our heat, those rain gutter gardens could work if a soaker hose were allowed to seep slowly during the day, and having them on the side of the house should provide a lot of cooling". Bernie

If any of you are thinking of trying this BE SURE that you have the watering regimen figured out before investing time and money in it.

Jim Kennard

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