Re: [Community_garden] tires

2009-02-18 Thread Diann Dirks
Dirks - Original Message - From: "Ken Hargesheimer" To: "DAN-TAMMY BOWDEN" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [Community_garden] tires Dan, Hoop houses have nothing to do with soil. That is what is put over the permanent bed to extent the growing s

Re: [Community_garden] tires

2009-02-17 Thread Ken Hargesheimer
Dan, Hoop houses have nothing to do with soil. That is what is put over the permanent bed to extent the growing season. I have used shade cloth to extent the growing season of cool season crops. A gardener/farmer should take the soil they have and go with it from there. Do three things: 1. ad

Re: [Community_garden] tires

2009-02-17 Thread DAN-TAMMY BOWDEN
> From: minifa...@gmail.com > To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org > Subject: [Community_garden] tires > > Water: Soil with the proper amount of organic matter will absorb all rain > even thunder storms. My beds have 0 runoff -- next part --

[Community_garden] tires

2009-02-17 Thread Ken Hargesheimer
Water: Soil with the proper amount of organic matter will absorb all rain even thunder storms. My beds have 0 runoff. Increasing solar heat: Use permanent beds and if you need additional heat during cool or cold weather use a small hoop house of plastic and PVC tubing. The surface area of gro