After much consideration, planning, and hard work, our new square foot gardens are ready to plant! Yippee!
Because things took a bit longer than we thought, I am afraid that our "cool weather" crops are going to have a very short growing season. Darn! The good thing is, as soon as those crops are harvested, in goes more warm weather plants! After the peas are harvested, here comes acorn squash!
This year I decided to plant large amounts of beans, both pole and bush. The bush beans tend to come on at the same time, perfect for canning! My kids for some reason don't like fresh beans (they claim they are hairy!), but they loved canned, so out will come the pressure canner. The pole variety will give me fresh beans all season. Yummy!
I was a bit worried that with the square foot garden we wouldn't be able to plant as much. As I have been figuring out my plan, I am astounded at how many plants I can have! Hopefully it will turn out as planned. I even ventured out and will plant a couple things I have never before planted: garlic and eggplant!
| Carrots (16) | Beets (16) | Beets (16) | Pole beans (8) |
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| Lettuce (4) Romaine | Lettuce (4) Red Leaf | Beets (16) | Cantaloupe (1) |
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| Carrots (16) | Beets (16) | Beets (16) | Pole beans (8) |
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| Lettuce (4) Romaine | Lettuce (4) Butter | Beets (16) | Cantaloupe (1) |
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| Carrots (16) | Eggplant (1) | Eggplant (1) | Pole beans (8) |
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| Pepper (1) | Pepper (1) | Pepper (1) | Cantaloupe (1) |
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| Onions (9-16) | swiss chard (4) | swiss chard (4) | Pole beans (8) | Trellis |
| Pepper (1) | Pepper (1) | Pepper (1) | Cantaloupe (1) | Trellis |
| Onions (9-16) | swiss chard (4) | swiss chard (4) | Pole beans (8) |
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| Jalepeno (1) | Jalepeno (1) | Jalepeno (1) | Peas (8)/ winter squash |
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| Onions (9-16) | Spinach (9) | Spinach (9) | Cukes (2) |
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| Jalepeno (1) | Anaheim Pepper (1) | Anaheim Pepper (1) | Peas (8)/ winter squash |
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| Onions (9-16) | Spinach (9) | Spinach (9) | Cukes (2) |
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| yellow beans (9) | yellow beans (9) | Marigold | Peas (8)/ winter squash |
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| Garlic (4) | Garlic (4) |
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| Tomato (Better Boy-I) | Tomato (Better Boy-I) |
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| Tomato (sweet 100) | Tomato |
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Katie: Awesome blog, and I love your square foot garden boxes. They look fabulous! Way to go, Sis!
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