Square Foot Gardening in zone 6b.
From the monthly archives:
Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 80 degrees - very nice considering all the rain lately - but then, of course, the rest of the week will be raining and t-storms. I was impatient to go out in the most horrid of thunderstorms yesterday with my 2 year old - the shopping bug wouldn’t leave me alone. Amongst too many other purchases I got a raincoat for my daughter - her 12 month one has finally kicked the bucket, which I realized as she sat in her stroller in the rain trying [click to continue...]
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Well I have quickly discovered how very out of space I am to grow everything I want to grow - namely tomatoes - everywhere I look I find yet another tasty tomato recipe - from this tasty recipe for Tomato Risotto to salivating over the thought of [click to continue...]
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Today while perusing the Gardening Directory Blotanical, I stumbled upon a post about bonsai trees, How to Get Started in Bonsai from the Matsu Bonsai gardening blog. I think like a lot of people I first learned of Bonsai by watching The Karate Kid - I can still hear [click to continue...]
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After going through my cupboard yesterday and finding nothing but imported honey I resolved to start buying local. I know local honey is available at the grocer - it’s just at a higher price. Do you buy local honey? If so, does it cost more?
Thanks to Jan for recommending African Blue [click to continue...]
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By now, most everyone has heard of the bees dying off. Called “Colony Collapse Disorder”, no one is really exactly sure why bees are disappearing, although viruses, parasites, and stress are possible reasons. (For more information about Colony Collapse Disorder see [click to continue...]
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Here is the picture of my recently planted strawberries. There are two different varieties here - I can’t remember what the ones on the left are but the ones on the right (with actual strawberries) are Ozark Beauty.
This just looks so [click to continue...]
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I went on a rose planting spree about the same time as my strawberry spree and here are the results, in this digitally altered picture. Why digitally altered? For some obscure (meaning I can’t remember) reason, lavender/mauve/purple roses don’t photograph true to color. So I photoshopped this picture because these babies are NOT pink! I’m sure the color is still off but [click to continue...]
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The seeds I planted directly in square foot garden boxes for beets, Swiss chard and spinach are finally coming up!! Meanwhile, it’s been HOT outside. Tomorrow it is going to be almost in the 90’s then Wednesday will go back to normalish at 60 degrees. Been working on my garden while my 2 year old [click to continue...]
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In the All New Square Foot Gardening
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Here is a list of my favorite sites/groups/blogs on SFG, compiled in the last 3+ months.
1. Square Foot Gardening - this is the official site of Mel Bartholomew. There are some great resources here including instructions, lots of cool pictures, faqs and supplies (see the catalog section). This is where I ordered my SFG’s. Sometimes the site is down - usually works by the next day.
2. Yahoo! Groups SFG Forum - I just joined this forum and really like it. Lots of newbies as well as [click to continue...]
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