http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/29/earthtalk-backyard-organic-vegetable-gardening-in-small-spaces/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/29/earthtalk-backyard-organic-vegetable-gardening-in-small-spaces/#comment-27474 Mary . Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:38:59 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2333#comment-27474 I agree with laminated garden guides, properly mastered companion cropping provides excellent results: growing french marigolds in a greenhouse (best near the door) help keep whitefly out but attract bees. Sweet or wild tobacco plants trap insects like thrips on their sticky stems. It all helps! I agree with laminated garden guides, properly mastered companion cropping provides excellent results: growing french marigolds in a greenhouse (best near the door) help keep whitefly out but attract bees. Sweet or wild tobacco plants trap insects like thrips on their sticky stems. It all helps!

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/29/earthtalk-backyard-organic-vegetable-gardening-in-small-spaces/#comment-19430 Laminated Garden Guides Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:09:31 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2333#comment-19430 Besides interplanting, succession planting and trellising, another method is Companion crops - for example, mix radish and carrot seeds and plant together. Radishes are a short-season crop so will be harvested before the carrots need room to grow. This is also a good method of thinning the carrots. Besides interplanting, succession planting and trellising, another method is Companion crops – for example, mix radish and carrot seeds and plant together. Radishes are a short-season crop so will be harvested before the carrots need room to grow. This is also a good method of thinning the carrots.

]]> http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/29/earthtalk-backyard-organic-vegetable-gardening-in-small-spaces/#comment-19423 turnippatCH Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:57:48 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2333#comment-19423 Thank you for these helpful hints, succession planting is a tip that I will put to good use this season in my backyard garden Thank you for these helpful hints, succession planting is a tip that I will put to good use this season in my backyard garden

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