A quarter to a half-acre just of corn...now I'm jealous. Our whole veggie patch is maybe 150 square feet. We'd like to expand it, but the property lines and the mountain don't really allow for that. Stoopid mountain.
It's weird that sage would do well for you and other herbs wouldn't. They all need pretty much the same conditions--all the sun, room, and water they can get. We pretty much chuck ours in a pot on the constantly-sunny patio and stand back.
I have a patch of iris and lilies (day and asian) for the same reason as your squash. Another 2-4 years, and I'll never have to have my mower at more than a 40 degree angle again! Hooray!
Actually, someone told me you could trellis melons up a fence, and make them a little sling to support the fruit. If you could do it with smallish melons, it seem like it could work with something like acorn squash.
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Date: 2008-04-30 02:42 am (UTC)It's weird that sage would do well for you and other herbs wouldn't. They all need pretty much the same conditions--all the sun, room, and water they can get. We pretty much chuck ours in a pot on the constantly-sunny patio and stand back.
I have a patch of iris and lilies (day and asian) for the same reason as your squash. Another 2-4 years, and I'll never have to have my mower at more than a 40 degree angle again! Hooray!
Actually, someone told me you could trellis melons up a fence, and make them a little sling to support the fruit. If you could do it with smallish melons, it seem like it could work with something like acorn squash.