So hubby and I (more hubby than me) put together a box out of wood. We just used the cheapest wood we could find. It's semi-rough cut, a little warped. but for $1.25 per piece we couldn't beat it. Then he took up the sod that was inside the box so it would sit atop the sand. It looks like dirt there but trust me it's nothing but freakin' sand that is everywhere here. Then we set the wood down and filled it with good rich potting soil. He added the stakes (I'm still not sure as to why, but
this morning I found kitty prints so I might use them to try and stop kitty somehow, not my kitty by the way) And I used bamboo that I had left over from last year to make a simple grid. The red orange things are yarn (from my overflowing craft closet) that I used to tie the
bamboo together in a rough 1 foot by 1 foot grid. The first box is 4 foot by 6 foot. Then we did the same thing (minus the bamboo part) over by the fence. This box is 2 foot by 6 foot.I decided to put in (from top left to bottom right) yellow pepper, purple cabbage (they call it red cabbage here), orange pepper, carrots, bush beans, salad mix (just a mix of different small leaf lettuces), sweet onions, zucchinni, lettuce (mixed again but the larger heads lettuce or maybe not from the links it may be the same thing just different packages, lol well I guess we'll find out), eggplant, yellow squash, and spinach. I've never done the purple cabbage, or the eggplant before so that is going to be a double trial there since this is my first step into Square Foot Gardening (SFG).
So in the little bed I use 2 by 2 areas and made mounds of dirt. I didn't see a need for using the bamboo here because I'm putting the larger plants over here. So from left to right I have yellow squash, eggplant, and zucchinni. I put in three seeds per mound and then I may thin them later if they need it.
So for some dorky reason I didn't get a picture of the garden planted. I will get one tomorrow and replace this one with it. (Changed on 4/7/09) The farthest row will have all beans in it. One square being planted each Monday. The next row is empty (for the moment), yellow pepper, orange pepper, lettuce. Then the third row (counting toward the bottom of the picture) has carrots, cabbage (four plants), sweet onion and empty. The fourth row has empty, cabbage, empty, empty. I'm not real sure what I'll plant in all those empty spaces yet but I'll get it figured out. Now the last two rows are going to be salad mix (the one I think is smaller) then spinach. I've planted the far right ones so far. I decided that I was going to go ahead and try SFG this year since I couldn't ever get a decision on if I was going to be able to get a garden plot. One week to the day after putting it in I found out that the garden plots are being redone and that I will now be able to get one! Not willing to look a gifted horse in the mouth, I'll be happy to take both! Now the only question is where will I fit it in, lol!
Remember there is always a silver lining, it just may be very thin so look hard!!
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