How to grow in rocky soil

Arlene & Group:
I shouldn't have ignored the issue of rocks in Arlene's soil and acted as if they didn't matter at all. Any of us who have dealt with rocks in our gargens know they DO matter, and need to be dealt with.May I suggest there is some relief available when using the Mittleider Method: Once you have built your 18"-wide soil beds you only have to remove the rocks from that portion of the garden.If you organize your garden as recommended, with 3 1/2' aisles and 5' end aisles you will be removing rocks from only about 25% of your garden area.As an example, if you have a garden plot of 50' X 110' you could have 30 - 30'-long soil-beds. That amounts to 1350 square feet out of a total garden space of 5500 square feet, and you need only remove rocks from 24.5% of your garden.Look on the bright side!Jim KennardP.S. I still assert that your plants will thrive in even rocky soil when you follow the feeding regimen we teach and demonstrate. An example can be seen in videos and pictures of a place in Northern California called Wiemar. We had to use a pick-axe to make room in the shale for our tomato transplants, and they thrived and did wonderfully well in spite of everything.Jim