I snapped a few pictures of our square foot garden while I was out working in the backyard today. For the most part things are growing as planned. I think I’ll set out some cucumber starts and more lettuce next week, and tomatoes, tomatoes are totally on the list as well. I just need to find the right variety, some thing that won’t get too big.
The purple potato I planted a few weeks ago is growing like crazy. I still think it was kind of a bad idea to plant the potato in the square foot garden, but I think I’ll keep it there anyway and see what happens. It will be interesting to see how many we get.
The kale is back. Yipee. My family will be so pleased. Ha!
I counted 8 strawberry blossoms so that must mean Mr. Gnome Guy is doing an excellent job at keeping the slugs away {so far}.
5 Walla Walla onions.
Purple Kohlrabi. Have you ever tired kohlrabi before? It goes great with hummus, but I think it’s kind of an acquired taste.
Celery. I think I may have planted these too close together.
And last but not least. Broccoli. For some strange reason, the broccoli likes living/growing in the square foot garden bed better than it does 2 beds down with the radishes. The thing is, the soil is the same so I’m not sure what’s going on. Maybe planting all different kinds of vegetables this close together really is beneficial.
Who knew?
Stay Green,
Mavis
Are you thinking about putting together a Square foot garden? See the how I built a square foot garden grid HERE.
For more information, check out All New Square Foot Gardening. It is an amazon bestseller and the author, Mel Bartholomew is basically the king of square foot gardening.
crlzmmr says
Anybody know why my strawberries are oddly shaped?
Marie-Christine says
Oh, yay! I’m so glad to find out I’m not the only wacko using a tomato cage to train up the peas! I only garden with the square foot method and in containers and I can say I get a pretty satisfying harvest from my tiny tiny city backyard. (I am seriously jealous of your space, but what you’re doing with it is amazing, keep at it!!)
Teresa says
Mavis, I would really like to hear about how you water everything.
Carlye says
Hey Mavis. I will be trying out the square foot garden technique this year. Also, for the kholrabi – I use it instead of potatoes in a ham baked dish. It was delicious!
Here is a recipe similar to the one I used.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/kohlrabi_ham_gratin.html
Mavis says
Thanks! 🙂
Zac says
My strawberries are doing very well! For a while there I thought they were going to die as I made the mistake of planting cabbage near them this winter (bad companion planting on my part). But it all worked out.
But my surprise is the potatoes you’ve planted. I have six 30 gallon plastic grow bags full of potato foliage and now flowers on some. After hilling them in as much as possible, I’m now staking the stakes to keep them upright.
Just wanted to know if you’ve experienced the “floppy” potato plant as well?
Mavis says
I wonder why they are flopping over. I’ve only noticed mine doing that when they are at the end of their growing cycle. Interesting. If you send me a good picture Zac I’ll post it and ask my readers and see what they think. 🙂