A while back I asked about remedies for goat dry skin/dandruff. Several helpful replies came in. Here is what we did. There was a large bald spot on the rump of one of the girls with some sores nearby. First we started feeding them their grain with some flaxseed/olive oil mixed into it. We also supplemented it with a tsp of vit e daily. In addition to that I rubbed the spot on her rump with vit a and e salve. The skin is starting to look good. The sores are gone and the hair is growing back. So far, so good. Thank you all.

We are building gardens from scratch because we don't have any soil other than sand or gravel. We have 4 beds where the compost is broken down well and we planted in them last year and had a bumper crop of tomatoes. They are 10' x 30' and run north and south. One of them will be planted in various squashes, three rows running east and west about 8' apart. The theory is the plants will be trained to stay on the beds and will naturally run toward the south. That means we'll have a large open area between each row and it seems a shame to waste that area. Any ideas what we can plant between the rows whos foliage will be taller than the squash leaves. Carrots? Beets? ???

-- john leake (natlivent@pcpros.net), May 31, 2000

Answers

the three sisters squash, corn and pole beans.

-- kathyh (saddlebronc@msn.com), June 01, 2000.

Have you ever checked into companion planting? I've looked thru several books and some will differ but these books say with squash you want to plant celery, corn, melons or pumpkins. With tomatos you want to plant carrots, celery, cucumbers, onions and peppers but NOT corn or potatos because the same worm that attacks these plants will attack your tomatos. Just what I've read - hope this helps!

-- Pat (pmikul@pcpros.net), June 03, 2000.