Mid-July is seed starting time if you are planning a fall garden. But what if you are new and not sure what to plant? It’s no secret that I’m a square foot gardening fan. One of my favorite resources is the Kitchen Garden Planner at Gardeners.com. READY MADE PLANS You can select from 6 pre-planned [...]
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Kitchen Garden Planner at Gardeners.com
Posted in Organic Gardening, tagged florida, foot, fruit, garden, gardeners.com, gardening, grow, growing, guide, herb, kitchen, plan, planner, planting, salsa, SFG, square, vegetable on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Vegetable Supports from Gardeners.com
Posted in Organic Gardening, tagged garden, gardeners.com, ladders, SFG, square foot garden, support, vegetable on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My child and I have been puttering around in the garden setting up for the next wave of growing. I’d ordered new “V” shape vegetable ladder supports from www.gardeners.com and realized I haven’t reviewed them here yet. I love these things! Not only is it a good design and sturdy, the size makes it square-foot-gardening [...]
Vermiculite in Lake Mary and Compost and Rain Barrel Workshop
Posted in Organic Gardening, tagged extension office, garden classes, home depot, lake mary, orange county, pest control, SFG, square foot garden, vermiculite, water conservation on April 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
SFG mini-series reader Ryan reports that over at the Home Depot in Lake Mary, square foot garden enthusiasts can buy 4 cu feet bags of vermiculite from the Home Depot for $12.99. When setting up my kitchen garden I was unable to find it near me in large quantity so I ordered from Home Harvest [...]
SFG: Harvest Bonus!
Posted in Fun Stuff for Kids, Organic Gardening, tagged flowers, harvest, kids, petunia, plants, SFG, square foot garden, vegetables on April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
While getting a harvest wasn’t part of the goals set out by the mini series of articles, I thought I’d share some pictures of our harvest. I always consider any kind of harvest as “bonus” when gardening with kids. It isn’t the point of the project, but it is fun when a batch of kids [...]
SFG Series: Planting Your 4 x 4 ft Raised Bed
Posted in Fun Stuff for Kids, Organic Gardening, tagged children, flowers, growing, kids, planting, raised bed, seeds, SFG, square foot gardening, vegetables on February 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
DECIDE WHAT TO PLANT What you decide to grow is up to you. But if you are gardening with very young children, you may want to consider fast growers and/or chunky seeds like radish, bush beans, or teddy bear sunflowers. For even faster results transplant marigold, bush or patio tomato, basil, parsley, etc. Just take [...]
SFG Series: Filling Your 4 x 4 ft raised Bed
Posted in Fun Stuff for Kids, Organic Gardening, tagged children, compost, flowers, garden, grow, peat moss, project, SFG, square foot gardening, vegetables, vermiculite on January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“Dirt Day” is always a fun day over at my house. My preschooler looooves to dig and it’s one of her favorite parts to getting a new bed together. In the All New Square Foot Gardening book, Mel Bartholomew suggests this formula for making up your soil mix for your raised bed: 1/3 vermiculite 1/3 [...]
SFG Series: Building a 4 x 4 ft Raised Bed
Posted in Fun Stuff for Kids, Organic Gardening, tagged backyard, building, children, growing, kids, raised bed, SFG, square foot garden, vegetables, wood on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Different Types of Raised Beds There are many kinds of raised beds to fit any budget and style. For our 4 x 4 ft square foot gardening project, I’ve tried to keep it simple and affordable by going with a plain wooden box frame that can be made and installed in less than an hour: [...]
Square Foot Gardening With Children (and Kid’s Tools!)
Posted in Fun Stuff for Kids, Organic Gardening, tagged build, child-size, children, garden, hoe, homeschool, kids, preschool, raised bed, rake, SFG, shovel, square foot gardening, tools on January 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Introduction I started putting in a 100 sq ft kitchen garden for myself last summer. I’m still nowhere close to being done installing beds and I’m still learning as I go along when it comes to growing edibles. But I’ve really gotten to love spending time with my preschooler puttering around in the yard. I’ve [...]
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