The radishes are going nuts and starting to bulb out. They are a quick crop and they will be ready to harvest in not too long. The weeds are also starting to grow. There are tons of tiny weed sprouts all over the place. Luckily, I can just scrape a trowel over the weeds to pull them up. As long as you can catch them when they are small they are easy to pull like this. We also had some marigolds left over from our summer annual planting demo that we taped with Joellen Dimond. At one time I was going to plant a square of marigolds in the square foot garden, but that square got repurposed for summer squash. I stuck some of the extra marigolds in the spaces between the concrete blocks on the side of the raised bed. Hopefully they will survive the less than ideal growing conditions and make a nice little pop of color and chase some bugs away. The rest of the plants are growing well. We are only a week or so from the average last frost.
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Square Foot GardenThis year we are trying out square foot gardening. We will be growing a 4x8 garden and seeing what happens and finding out how much we can grow in such a small space. Categories
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Here is what is growing right now in the Garden: (click the picture to zoom) Master Plan
We hope to follow this plan to be able to maximize our harvest. (click to zoom) Our Harvest So Far
5.50 lb Radishes (32 plants) 1.09 lb Spinach 0.70 lb Turnip Greens 0.58 lb Turnip Roots 1.71 lb Mustard Greens 3.71 lb Peas 1.12 lb Green Lettuce 0.83 lb Cauliflower (1 head) 3.74 lb Basil 3.96 lb Carrots (46) 0.11 lb Green Beans (bust) 24.17 lb Tomatoes (225) 4.77 lb Onions (16) 0.53 lb Summer Squash (2) 8.69 lb Eggplant (25) 9.40 lb Cantaloupe (4) 9.90 lb Watermelon (3) 21.19lb Cucumbers (34) 3.17 lb Peppers (19) 0.58 lb Oak Leaf Lettuce 1.20 lb Romaine Lettuce 8.45 lb Sweet Potato (6) |