Enderby & District Garden Club

Trina is looking for some assistance: Hello my gardening gurus. I hope you are well and need your help. I have some new perennials that I plan to relocate. Is i...t too early? If so, when should I move them. I planted a cover crop of white Dutch clover in my raised garden boxes in fall. I now face getting it to go away but retain the goodness it provides. I have been reading some no dig material and they recommend smothering it with silage sheet cover (white on outside black on inside) I phoned a few places and not having much luck. The reason you use this is to avoid killing all the microbes in the soil like plastic would. It targets the crop itself. Also I am struggling with deciding on drip irrigation. I discovered drip tape requires replacement every other year so decided to go see the guys at H2O4U in Salmon Arm. They have hunter drip line in 2 sizes. One is quarter inch, 6 inch spacing. The soak is one foot area. The other is brown and half inch with 12 spacing. You can add more but at an extra cost. The soak is 2 feet area. My raised garden boxes are 4 feet by 24 feet. I plant 3 rows in each and planned on using the black so I could run a line to each row with valves to each line to control watering. The sales guy is pushing to go to the brown thicker line but I have zero experience so was hoping to get some input from the group. Thanks so much for your help. Kindest Regards, Trina

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Ever heard of a "potager" garden? Some folks say they’d love to grow their own food at home, but that a vegetable plot would look out of place in their yard. Th...ey imagine ruler-straight rows and unsightly muddy gaps where plants have been dug up. In a potager garden, the gardener intermingles veg, fruits, flowers, and herbs like a living tapestry. It’s a more casual, informal approach that works with nature, and similar to a flower garden --except focused on edibles! These kitchen gardens are great promoters of biodiversity instead a single crop, encouraging birds and pollinators. See how to make one: Almanac.com/how-create-potager-garden-or-small-kitchen-gard See more

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