Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Plant-astic!

I put a grid on my SFG boxes.  Unfortunately, the wood lath I bought in 4 ft lengths was a bit too short to nail into the edges of the box.  I just bolted the lath to each other and am crossing my fingers. hehe.  Next, I copied my neighbor and set up 3 ft chicken wire fencing around the boxes to keep out the bunnies and squirrels (and whoever it was that was digging in my soil before I even planted a thing).  Now I just needed plants!

This year was a busy one.  It is my first year feeling like a full fledged gardener too so I decided to do transplants instead of starting from seed.  I went to the Farmer's Market and got tomatoes, peppers, herbs, peas, beets and eggplant.







Then I picked up a few more plants yesterday that are still waiting to be planted.  I got jalapeno, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, chives, cilantro and strawberries.  
Today, I am planting pole beans.  I still need to construct my trellis for the beans and peas.  And I am thinking about moving my summer squash from the SFG into the neighboring dirt.  I just think it'll get too big!

2 comments:

  1. I am really really proud of you...and yes, I was the one digging in your garden. I thought the lattice was an X that marked where I was supposed to dig for the booty. Only, that chick-a-dee-doo-doo smelled like booty, so I didn't dig for very long.

    P.s. That's a really cool picture of the beats. (I spell it like that in honour of Ringou <- British spelling)

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    1. You are out of control. Do I need to put 7 ft high chicken wire around it? Geez...

      P.S. Thank you!

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