Bringing the water (please ignore the weeds!)
I decided to do a "Square Foot Garden" for several reasons: #1 it requires no tilling up of the hard Georgia clay and pulling out of Bermuda grass, #2 it requires no tilling up of the hard Georgia clay and pulling out of Bermuda grass, #3 it is supposed to be fairly maintenance free (other than watering), and #4 did I mention there was no tilling involved??!
Measuring the 'squares'.In all seriousness, Square foot's claims of easy & practical gardening make a lot of sense and have a great appeal for someone who would rather do just about anything than pull weeds (or Bermuda grass)! My father-in-law graciously agreed to make the garden box for us and I chose a 4 ft x 4 ft square for our first try at real gardening.
16 squares ready for plants!
We planted several tomatoes, a few peppers (sweet & hot), some marigolds (to keep the bugs away from the tomatoes), a few phlox (from Emma's co-op class), carrots, herbs, sweet onions, one strawberry plant and one zucchini!
Our finished garden-- some seeds, some already started plants.
The girls are super excited about this so I hope that it goes well! I'm a little bit apprehensive about it but am willing to give it a try. Hopefully by mid summer we will be rolling in tomatoes and peppers and onions and will have all the salsa & spaghetti sauce we can manage! Perhaps then I'll have to learn the fine art of canning...
Dog protection! !!
(Although so far, he has surprisingly left it alone! Maybe I should plant veggies on my porch cushions and he won't chew them??!!)
