Last year we made our first square foot garden. We planted sixteen things most from seeds and four tomato plants. The garden was a total bust. The seedlings were eaten by rabbits, and we only got two small tomatoes. We joked that those were some expensive tomatoes! The problem was that we tried the garden in the side yard where there wasn't enough sun.
This year our Bishop (ecclesiastical leader at church) has asked us to become more self reliant and has challenged each ward member to grow something even if it is just one pot of herbs. We are taking his challenge and have started anew on our gardening project. We moved our square food garden box to a sunnier part of the yard and made a planter for the tomato plants since they took over the entire box last year. Here are our beginnings. There will be more pictures when we plant the square foot garden. So far we have planted three tomato plants and a bean plant that Benjamin grew at school. We have a pumpkin plant to put in the far corner from our trip to the spring fair. Here are the pictures.
Benjamin's bean plant he grew at school.
Benjamin's bean plant he grew at school.
tomato plants- two cherry and one early bird
4x4 square foot garden ready for planting
pumpkin plant waiting to be planted
new tomato planter
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