The Square Foot Garden Blog

Pumpkin Patch!!

plantgirl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:37:20 +0000

Last year’s Halloween pumpkin (carved by my brother-in-law) had seeds spilling out. The seeds sprouted this year and grew into a wonderful pumpkin patch in our front rose garden!! Very messy but very awesome for Halloween. DH’s family grows pumpkins at a farm in southern Utah and we were delivered mass quantities of gorgeous pumpkins [...]

2 New Boxes

plantgirl — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:13:07 +0000

DH helped me build 2 new boxes this year - the one in the foreground is 10″ deep and the one in the back is 12″ deep. All but one square has been planted with tomatoes. I had trouble figuring out how to stake tomatoes - having only grown a few small varieties before I [...]

Yellow Brandywine Tomato and the one that got away

plantgirl — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:35:55 +0000

We went camping Thursday Friday and Saturday at Palisade State Park, for DH’s family reunion. DH rented a comfy motorhome and despite the baby’s all nighter with teething it was a relaxing trip. We got back Midnight Sunday. Yesterday I went to check on my tomatoes - most of which are still green - and [...]

Organic Gardening - Pros & Cons & Merry Christmas!!

plantgirl — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:00:26 +0000

Thought I’d update again - my sfg boxes are buried in snow but several birds are still feeding from the remnants of the sunflowers. My roses are skeletal and wild looking. Christmas was wonderful and went by way too fast!!! My experience with organic gardening this year was a learning experience. I found I like it [...]

Garden Plans for 2009

plantgirl — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:19:51 +0000

It’s been forever since I updated … grr … I was reminiscing about strawberries a few days ago - you know, the real kind. The family went to a local chocolate shop - V Chocolates, my favorite, and got some chocolate covered strawberries. The chocolate was amazing, rich, belgian chocolate - but the strawberry was just [...]

Eggs!!!

plantgirl — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:01:08 +0000

I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that the hens hadn’t laid eggs yet, and probably wouldn’t through the winter - when I heard a strange noise coming from their coop. We had stopped checking every day - anyways I looked in their little laying boxes - 11 perfect medium brown eggs!!! I [...]

Saving the Environment - small & large steps

plantgirl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:25:44 +0000

At our last family party we started talking about recycling. My bro-in-law said it uses more energy to recycle than to throw stuff out. Something about a carbon footprint? OK, so I’m not as well versed in all this stuff as alot of people - but I still think recycling is a step in the [...]

Finally! A second to blog!!

plantgirl — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:57:55 +0000

I started working at home a few weeks ago and am finally learning how to juggle it with everything else I have to do. So there is finally a second or two to blog about my garden! Half the “bees” in my backyard swarming around the door are yellow jackets. Everyone knows I grew up in [...]

Busy bees one too many

plantgirl — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:06:39 +0000

As much as I love having bees flourishing in my garden, they are starting to wear out their welcome. With the garden right by the back door and having to leave the door open to be able to watch my 2 year old DD1, the bees are becoming a nuisance. Two flew in today in [...]

Visiting the Farmer’s Market

plantgirl — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:40:23 +0000

I visited the Farmer’s Market last night and bought a ton of supersweet cherry tomatoes, crookneck squash, tiny zucchini, fresh corn, and super yummy peaches. Tonight I made fritters cooked in olive oil from the tomatoes and zucchini and from store bought fresh dill (ouch was it expensive but worth it!) and mint from my [...]