These beans are a fun and tasty addition to your square foot garden. Asparagus beans are also known as yard-long beans, snake beans, or Chinese long beans. They have vigorously growing vines that produce long slender pods usually growing to about a foot or longer. These beans are entertaining to grow! I also prefer them … Continue reading Asparagus Beans
If you start your plants from seeds you probably have piles of seed packets lying around the house, maybe shoved in a box or bag. This season when I sat down to start my transplant and started rummaging through my unorganized seed packets. I knew it was time to find a better system! Here … Continue reading Seed Organizing & Storing
I highly recommend growing peppers in the garden. They are really no fuss crop. With little disease, no pests, and produce high yields of fruit...Who wouldn't want to grow a veggie like that! Not to mention peppers can be costly at the grocery store compared to other vegetables. So it is a veggie I make … Continue reading Bell Peppers
Lavender is such a pleasant and beautiful herb to have in the garden!! The smell alone makes it worth growing! I love growing lavender to have for bouquets, tea, desserts and baked goods! Here are some of my lavender recipes below. Check them out! Lavender & Rosemary Scones + Lemon Glaze Lemon and Lavender Shortbread … Continue reading Lavender
I have been meaning to get this post up for a while now but life happens! So let's just get right to it! In SFG: Part 2 - I am going to explain how to build your square foot garden boxes, the soil to put in them and the grid system. I will also touch … Continue reading Square Foot Gardening 101: Part Two
After you have built your square foot garden and are ready to plant, here is the correct spacing for each plant. Happy Gardening! Plant Spacing: Asparagus: 1- 4 per sq ft Arugula: 4 per sq ft Beans: 9 per sq ft of bush variety or 8 per sqft of pole variety Beets: 9-16 per sq ft Broccoli: … Continue reading Square Foot Plant Spacing
Cherry tomatoes are a great addition to your square foot garden. One plant produces AN ENORMOUS amount of plump and juicy tomatoes. Perfect for snacking and salads! Last year I planted four cherry tomato plants and we couldn't pick them fast enough! It was more than plenty for us to enjoy and share with our … Continue reading Cherry Tomatoes
Hello there fellow gardeners! It's getting to be that time of year! Hooray! It's almost time to start sowing those seeds! 🌱 Gardening season is upon us! Last year was the first year I started from seed. I was amazed how easy it was and it really made me wish I had done it years … Continue reading Sowing Seeds 101
Honestly, I am not even sure if I had ever tasted an eggplant before I started gardening. I am not really sure what made me want to grow eggplant... hmmm but I am glad I do! These purple beauties are so rewarding to pull out of your squarefoot garden! They almost look fake with their … Continue reading Eggplant
Broccoli is great to grow in your square foot garden and it requires cool weather to thrive. It is a Spring and Fall crop, frost hardy and although it requires some attention it is well worth it! It typically grows to 18-24 inches. It is delicious in so many things in the kitchen! Veggies trays, … Continue reading Broccoli
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