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I live in Montana, and I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of fruits and veggies would I be able to grow in my area?
Also, if anyone had any gardening tips that would be great! I am planing on growing strawberries and rasberries (any tips on those), but if anyone knew of some others that could grow here that would be great.
This is our first time growing a garden, any tips or advice is greatly appreciated.
Hey Katerbear B,
Apples, Peaches, Plums should all grow in your area - be sure to get trees suited to your zone. 3a-4b depending on what part of Montana you live in.
For Vegetables, the principle of germination time plus growing to harvest time must be more than your number of non-freeze days.
Or, you can start the vegies inside. You should be able to grow summer squash, carrots, tomato, beets, herbs, and a bunch of other stuff.
Read a lot, you are in a short season area. Happy Gardening.
I have read many articles that suggest using old tires for container gardening. My father is considering making a vegetable garden out of tires. Does the tire pollute the soil and there fore the vegetables? I it is bad to burn tires.. Should I be concerned about the quality of the vegetables? Have you seen any scientific evidence about this topic? Or environmental tests?
If you already have the tires - I say use 'em. Don't burn them, however. I can't imagine there is any concern about the quality of the veggies since what that really depends on is the soil you put them in and how you fertilize etc. They make rubber mulch these days - probably from old tires…
One critter warning - if you are not going to turn the tires inside out to eliminate the ridges, or if you are going to "store" tires, I would give you a caveat about mosquitoes who LOVE to breed in the little bit of water that usually sits in those ridges. Make sure the tires are packed tight with soil.
If you don't have tires already, I don't see an advantage to this method over any other raised bed method.
There are lots of unanswered questions that would help determine what the best garden situation is for you :
Do you want raised beds because you have trouble up and down? If that is the case, build a box (make the bottom out of screening and landscape fabric so water will flow through) and set it on top of some table legs or horses.
Or is it because you only have a little bit of space? Container gardening is easily done with vegetables. See the book Movable Harvest for really great ideas. You can use pretty much anything you can put a drainage hole in (provided it didn't have chemicals in it first!).
Personally, I think anytime you are recycling something for a good use it is worthwhile - but for the love of God - PLEASE don't buy new tires to try this project out!
Just in case you DO have a bunch of tires laying around, I attached a link to a site that has many ideas for using them up in the garden.
Good luck to you and your dad!