double post?

i was too excited to wait

this morning there was

'nothing'

in the green bean spot of our garden.

after naps there was

a 3 inch plant. oh how i love gardening.

i.

am.

ecxtatic.

SFG is HERE

square foot gardening that is

We got our square foot garden all complete last night. I have never been more excited about a garden! Now all we have to do is water and wait. Did you notice I didn't say weeding? We will be doing very, very little of that. (oh did I mention how excited I am about that?!)

Our backyard is tiny to say the least. (the picture above is basically our entire backyard, minus 10') But, using this SFG technique we were able to plant:

zucchini
butternut squash
hubbard squash
spaghetti squash
3 tomato plants
2 pepper plants
basil
kale
green beans
sugar snap peas
4 cucumber plants
honeydew melon
cantaloupe
spinach
romain lettuce
marigolds
and a mixture of other flowers

All that in 30 sq/ft. I am ecstatic!! (you probably couldn't tell)

I'm sure our neighbors think we're off our rocker, but oh well. We'll just have to drop off some fresh produce to persuade them we're not that weird.

They're up

Almost all of the seeds have sprouted

I love how they burst through the soil. It is so exciting
Yesterday I caught Everett trying to eat some of the leaves. I had to laugh since we've been telling him that we're going to be able to eat these plants. I guess we didn't explain the waiting part very well.

For Family Home Evening last night we 'planted' our garden and read Alma 32 in the Book of Mormon about how faith is like a little seed, if planted it will grow. We started all our seeds that we're going to plant. What an easy way to get a head start to your garden!
This year we're doing a square foot garden in our backyard. I hope it produces yummy veggies!