My Garden Plans for 2012

My Garden Plans for 2012

I had a good garden last year. Here are my goals for this year: Vegetable Garden Something I am working harder at this year, is succession planting. I was excited to find Seeds of Change seeds at Wal-Mart and discovered a sweet pea – Green Arrow Shell Peas – which are a bush type pea…

Preparing to Plant Seeds

Preparing to Plant Seeds

I love this time of year. When the weather warms up just enough that you know spring is coming and the itch to dig in the dirt and grow something gets under your skin. In the past I have used yogurt cups, egg cartons, butter dishes, and more to start my seeds in. This year…

My Garden Last Year (2011)

My Garden Last Year (2011)

I was so proud of my garden last year. For the first time my tomato plants did not get blight and grew so big and beautiful! Some of the plants were five feet tall! I had 17 of them in all. Plus, I grew squash, cucumbers, strawberries, radishes, potatoes, peppers, and herbs. I didn’t get…

Laura’s Garden 2011
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Laura’s Garden 2011

My daughter, Laura – age 8, surprised me by planting her own garden and working the soil, right in the middle of our front yard in an old stump we had been filling in with dirt. I didn’t even know she had planted the garden until she came running in one day after campmeeting and…

Beginning Gardening 101

Beginning Gardening 101

Well, really the 101 is because this is my first ever garden! I wanted to share with you how we have been building our raised bed garden. We have 9 boxes built so far with plans to make around 11 more. These beds are 4 x 4 and work perfect with my Square Foot Garden…