All the seeds we planted last week are up and growing except the carrots and Swiss chard. Carrots can take several weeks to germinate, chard can take up to two weeks. It has been a rainy weekend so everything is very wet. Having a raised bed means we can tend the garden even if it is way too wet to walk on a traditional garden. We have not had many weed problems, but it is bare dirt at this point so the weeds are going to appear. I pulled about a half-dozen weed seedlings while I was looking at the sprouts. One of the nice things about this gardening method is that because we planted all the vegetables in exact locations in the squares we can easily identify any weeds. They are the plants coming up in the wrong place. Here are some pictures: RadishMustard Greens and Turnips I was kind of surprised these came up so fast. They are tiny seeds and the package said to plant at 1/2" depth. I have a tendency to go too deep when I make a hole with my finger in the dirt, so they were probably even deeper than that, but they came up fast. Lettuce
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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) |