
Square foot gardening seems like the way to grow veges and with prices of food skyrocketing, along with the gas prices, I decided it was time to get growing.
So last week Chris and I built the frames and last weekend I put it all together. The hardest part was mixing up the growing medium, and I had to fudge it a bit as the vermiculite was sooo expensive and the nursery hardly had any. The lady at the nursery said that with our soggy weather, it really wasn't that important, so I went with very good compost ( bat guano, worm casings, chicken manure etc!) and peat moss with some vermiculite for good measure.
I pour the bags out in batches, onto a tarp and layered the stuff

Saturday was a fun day. I went to the nursery to pick out the plants. It seemed like everyone and his brother was there! Amazing what happens around here when the sun comes out! I had mapped out my gardens so pretty much knew what I was getting but ended up with some different plants. I also bought the dividers (see the pix) to make the squares.
So home I went and started planting. Oh and I forgot, I put bird netting over the mix so the kitties didn't decide to make it their own. I cut holes in the netting and dug into the very friable mix and got a lot of the veges planted, plus some additional seeds.
Sunday I finished the planting, leaving some open spaces so that when my seeds are up, I can thin them out and have additional space for them.
I planted, peppers, eggplant (aubergine) basil, lettuce (several varieties) celery, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, spinach, swiss chard, walla walla sweet onions, red onions, chives, carrots, beans and peas. Whew.
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