Welcome to our new Square Foot Gardeners

Today was a crash course in getting started. 

I know you will have more questions and you can check here

or e-mail me and I'll answer quickly

Our goal today was to get you started.

Any size will get you growing

a pot works

a salad box is wonderful

a 4X4 is a great beginning

you can add another later...only one now!

RIGHT NOW

just begin.......

1. What will I use to make a place to put my Mel's mix (garden mix)

2. Where is the best place for my garden consider exposure, warmth,

shade, can I get water to my garden etc.

3. Build my garden...Is it a pot?  skip ahead

What materials? Brick, wood, stone? lots of things work

4. Mix up mels mix 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 (5 kinds of compost)

mix it up on a tarp

5. Fill up your box, higher than you think it does settle. Water really 

well and put on your slats for marking your squares!

6. PLANT something

Things to remember as a beginner

It is warmer than you think in the garden.

You will catch problems sooner if you walk 

in your garden once a day...I didn't say work in your 

garden, just go look at it.  

These plants like heat more than others for longer

Tomatoes (cherry tomatoes are faster)

cucumbers

eggplant

corn  (use the fast growing)

beans (bush grow faster)

beets (you can get cultivars that do well here)

squash winter (sorry pumpkins are in that list

These plants grow year around with protection in my yard

Kale

chard

parsley

Rosemary

sage

oregano 

collards

garlic

lettuce

cabbage

broccoli

chives

Enjoy the process