Monday, July 13, 2009

How does our garden grow? Really well!

Our garden is really growing now. We have eaten a bunch of Lettuce and Swiss Chard. Yesterday, I picked 3 Zucchini's and today I picked 2 cucumbers. There are a million green tomatoes that I am just anxiously waiting for them to turn red. I am still pretty sold on the Square Foot Garden method. I have literally picked like 5 weeds since I first put in the garden. Nice. The watering isn't too hard either.

A few things I would do differently so far:
-I think I would do a small long box just for the zucchini and squash and let the plants drape over the edges.
-Plant the tomatoes only on the edge rows of the box maybe in an "L" shape. Or plant them only 2 deep. My plants are huge. The pictures here are a week old and the plants are even bigger now.
-Figure out how to somewhat control my Cherry Tomato Plant. It is completely out of control.
-Plant more Marigolds
-Plant less Lettuce and Swiss Chard
-Plant the Parsley in it's own square
-Plant Carrots, Peas, Corn and Melon next time. I would probably try to keep the Corn and Melon separate from everything else.




5 comments:

megan... said...

Next year will you tutor me?? Mine looks pathetic and is yet to be fruitful...
And did you cut your hair?

Are we still friends?!!

Keri said...

OH how I miss going to your aunt chris's with you and eating all those yummy vegetables! I miss you so much! Your garden looks awesome!

Carina said...

So beautiful! Nice clean lines. Looks like it should be in a magazine. :)

anna banana said...

Looks gorgeous, come to Cali and plant me one!

Amee said...

I am super duper impressed with your mad gardening skills! You ROCK the summer veggie-time dirt box! LOVE IT! Wish I was there to eat chips and homemade salsa with you! Miss your face!