Comments for New Self Sufficient Living http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com Wed, 02 May 2012 16:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Companion Planting by Kate http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-34 Kate Wed, 02 May 2012 16:19:36 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-34 You're welcome Becki. I'm glad it's helping you out. Good luck with your garden :) You’re welcome Becki. I’m glad it’s helping you out. Good luck with your garden :)

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Becki http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-33 Becki Tue, 01 May 2012 20:05:26 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-33 I love love love this list! Thank you so much. I have looked it up again and again this spring since it's our first year companion planting. I love love love this list! Thank you so much.
I have looked it up again and again this spring since it’s our first year companion planting.

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Kate http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-32 Kate Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:24:43 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-32 Hi Lori, yes that will work. In a smaller garden the Square Foot Gardening method can work very well and allow you to get more produce than you thought possible. This is a nice video showing the set up of a SF garden. He's also got a nice simple trellis which you might find useful for your cukes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5RHImxFaY&feature=related Hi Lori, yes that will work.

In a smaller garden the Square Foot Gardening method can work very well and allow you to get more produce than you thought possible.

This is a nice video showing the set up of a SF garden. He’s also got a nice simple trellis which you might find useful for your cukes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5RHImxFaY&feature=related

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Kate http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-31 Kate Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:05:18 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-31 You're welcome Kristy :) You’re welcome Kristy :)

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Lori http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-30 Lori Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:55:39 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-30 I have a small garden. It is 11X17. I would like to put as much in the soil as I can. I am planting tomatoes in pots. Can I plant sweet potato on one side & cuke/squash on the other side with onions & galic in the middle? I will have herbs on the outside. Thanks I have a small garden. It is 11X17. I would like to put as much in the soil as I can. I am planting tomatoes in pots. Can I plant sweet potato on one side & cuke/squash on the other side with onions & galic in the middle?
I will have herbs on the outside.
Thanks

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Kristy http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-29 Kristy Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:37:44 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-29 Thank you so much for this incredible guide! The pictures help so much for a beginner gardner, like myself. This information is so valuable and really makes me appreciate my garden even more. Thank you!!!! Thank you so much for this incredible guide! The pictures help so much for a beginner gardner, like myself. This information is so valuable and really makes me appreciate my garden even more. Thank you!!!!

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Bob http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-28 Bob Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:38:38 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-28 Thanks the potatoes at their nearest are 8 to ten foot from the melon patch. As too location NE tennessee. Summers can go either way Thanks the potatoes at their nearest are 8 to ten foot from the melon patch. As too location NE tennessee. Summers can go either way

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Jim http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-27 Jim Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:30:09 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-27 Cool, concise and informative. Nicely done. I do container gardening and am having a problem with what I suspect to be tomato psyllids this year - any ideas on how to control those on peppers (scotch bonnet) and tomatoes? I don't do companion planting yet - but since last season I battled thrips and this season is psyllids - I'm starting to really think IPM and companion planting are something to look into for next season! Cool, concise and informative. Nicely done. I do container gardening and am having a problem with what I suspect to be tomato psyllids this year – any ideas on how to control those on peppers (scotch bonnet) and tomatoes? I don’t do companion planting yet – but since last season I battled thrips and this season is psyllids – I’m starting to really think IPM and companion planting are something to look into for next season!

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Kate http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-26 Kate Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:47:29 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-26 Hi Bob I would plant them as far apart as you can, making it as difficult as possible for insects attracted to one to have an easy meal on the other. Also if you can, it would be a good idea to have some method of covering your melon plants later in the season when blight can be a problem. If potato plants are infected with blight the tubers can still be viable as they are somewhat protected by being underground, but fruits on the vine don't hold up so well. If your summers are generally dry and sunny then blight shuldn't be much of an issue for you. Good luck with your garden :) Hi Bob

I would plant them as far apart as you can, making it as difficult as possible for insects attracted to one to have an easy meal on the other.

Also if you can, it would be a good idea to have some method of covering your melon plants later in the season when blight can be a problem. If potato plants are infected with blight the tubers can still be viable as they are somewhat protected by being underground, but fruits on the vine don’t hold up so well.

If your summers are generally dry and sunny then blight shuldn’t be much of an issue for you.

Good luck with your garden :)

]]> Comment on Companion Planting by Bob http://www.new-self-sufficient-living.com/companion-planting.html/#comment-25 Bob Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:03:18 +0000 http://new-self-sufficient-living.com/test/?page_id=31#comment-25 Greatly enjoyed the pictures of the plants being discussed. Just a list is great but as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. A question? Companion planting is done in close proximity to each other. On the reverse, what distance should be left between non compatable plants? Lets say potatoes and watermelonns. Greatly enjoyed the pictures of the plants being discussed. Just a list is great but as they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

A question?
Companion planting is done in close proximity to each other. On the reverse, what distance should be left between non compatable plants? Lets say potatoes and watermelonns.

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