Square Foot Gardening in zone 6b.
From the monthly archives:
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.
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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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It’s been a little chilly lately - not bad but definitely jacket weather. I’ve been too lazy to try figuring out a cover for the squares I planted seeds in - beets & spinach - tried regular old plastic weighed down with rocks but it got too windy. Maybe I’ll just see what happens?
Growing Onions:
Here is a pic of my sad looking onions. I started these in the burpee self watering seed starter and I’m not impressed. Of course, watering them with soft water supposedly doesn’t help - but I also think they were overwatered. Anyways, thought I’d give it a shot - looks like a few will survive at least. [click to continue...]
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And here (finally) is my square foot garden - 4 2×2 boxes - [click to continue...]
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Maybe it’s because I’m in the fruit craving stage of my pregnancy but I’m starting to wish I could plant all my sfg boxes with strawberries! I have 5 squares already planted with them and 1 large container - and I’m looking for another one. I’d really like one like my Mom used to have - [click to continue...]
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Since I am well known for killing plants off by forgetting to water them, and I actually wanted my plants to live in my brand new SFG, hubby installed a drip watering system for me. It is attached to a timer and gives my plants the perfect amount of water. I’ve heard people complain that Square Foot Garden’s [click to continue...]
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Here are the boxes laid out before they were filled. They are patio boxes, 4 2×2’s, and we put them up on bricks for better drainage.
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