DH and I love gardens, and had one at our other house in town. After moving here to the farm a few months ago - we're plotting and planning on the size, location and what to have in it.
The most ideal place would be in the corner of our property behind the barn but rather close to a field (it'll be corn next year.) Several people have warned us about planting too close to a field because of the spraying they do. I certainly understand this, and I'm naive as to what they use and how harmful it'd be not only to our veggies but to us the consumers.
So, how close is too close? And if push comes to shove, is there a way to protect it? Whether we tear down and relocate a small dilapidated outbuilding depends on what we find out.
In the meantime........I'm salivating over the Burpee catalog and dreaming of all the goodies that we're going to have next summer.
We too have our garden by the field. We have talked with the farmer & asked him to only spray when it is not windy & to stay so many feet away. He is ok with this & does a great job. Maybe you can talk to the farmer. I still make sure & wash all my garden stuff even though I am oeganic because you never know what might blow in!!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
The problem is that a lot of farmers us "Round Up Ready" seeds so they spray roundup over the whole crop cover. So any plants in your garden might just die because of the weed killer.
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Nov 05 2010 : 3:04:12 PM
alee is right. plus if they use gmo seed yours will cross pollinate with it. if they grow corn you can avoid this by not growing corn. my concerns are the chemicals used fertilizer, herbicides, insecticides, round up ready seed. how big is their field? i would go meet the farmer in a sweet nice way and ask what his growing plans are. i would then if need be move it away from summer wind direction. build wind breaks where the drift flows in the wind. trees need to be some distance from your garden to work well. their are height thoughts for the breaks. even just growing your own food is a big fine step. seed savers exchange has heirloom varieties that are wondeful. they are saving our seeds for future generations. so by supporting them through seed purchases we help the whole earth a seed at a time. just a though. they are organic too happy days sherrye
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Garden Gate: Veggie garden: How close to a farm field?
Veggie garden: How close to a farm field?
Posted - Nov 05 2010 : 09:21:36 AM
