We tried gardening for the first time last year and loved our small and fairly unproductive attempt. We moved in October to a smaller house with a much larger yard and love knowing we now have the space to really grow a lot of our own food. We have made grand plans all winter to build square foot garden beds, and this weekend Randy and Mason got 8 of them built!
I ordered our heirloom seeds months ago, and we have had so much fun this week looking at them and drawing our planting plans. Something else we love is our little pot maker from Lehman Brothers. You use strips of newspaper, wrap them around the pot maker and then push them into the molded base. Voila! you have a small pot for your plants that need to be started indoors. You keep the seedlings in this paper pot when you transplant them in your garden. The fun part is that the little ones can make the pots without any help.
Next we will buy the vermiculite, compost and peat moss for the beds and then put the lattice strips across the tops of the boxes to make it an official square foot garden. We are still several weeks away from our last frost, but it is already time to start some of the seeds indoors. Spring is really not that far away!
Madelyn is much better and slept all night last night. I am so thankful that she just had a little cold and not the other yucky stuff going around. She is such a precious sweetie :)
5 comments:
That's going to be a fun garden to watch and cultivate. The 3M's will love it.
What a great family adventure! Can't wait to see what all you grow... :)
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Janelle
What a neat project and sweet pictures!! Thanks for your precious note the other day - I needed it at that very moment! What I would give to hear your sweet voice or hug your neck ... it must be at least 10 years since I have seen you and I am missing you! So many things that I'd love to share, but not on comments for the world to read! Ha! :-) Much love to you and many prayers.
I am so happy to see you excited about growing food! We all should be growing as much fresh, preservative free, organic food as possible. Doesn't it seem like the best thing to do for our families and pocketbooks?
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Kris
Okay! Now I KNOW i have to call you and get even more advice than i thought!
I'm horrible at gardening, but can't seem to get it out of my system. I'm constantly wanting to grow flowers and veggies and herbs! What is wrong with me!?
I want to know what you're talking about with the pots and the lattice, but I'm lost ;)
I'll try and call soon. Kiddos have been sick lately.
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