The last few days here in Western Washington have been muggy and wet. And let me tell you Bob, the plants are loving it! The cool weather crops like kale, broccoli and Swiss chard seem like they have doubled in the past few days, which of course, is awesome.
Remember the rosemary seeds I started from see back in January? Well take a look at them now. Even though I am already growing most of my herbs in contianers I went ahead and planted a few tiny rosemary starts in the square foot garden.
Once the plant gets established and grows larger, I’ll probably move it to a container. We’ll see. But for right now I’m just excited they turned out okay as I had heard rosemary was a little difficult to get started.
We also planted out 3 trays of cucumber plants, Marketmore, Lemon, and Burpless. I forgot to label the containers when I planted them so I have no idea which is which. Oh well, I suppose I’ll be able to tell soon enough.
This is how I gardened yesterday. Slippers and my husbands socks. What is it about men’s socks that are so stinkin’ cozy on a lazy Sunday afternoon? Please tell me you steal your husbands socks too.
Cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli and kale.
And finally. Here is what my square foot garden looks like all planted and ready to grow.
Peas, carrots, radishes, strawberries, celery, onions, cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli, kale, bok choy, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, cucumbers, Swiss chard, beets, and lettuce. I think that’s everything.
Pretty cool if you ask me. Now all I have to do is keep this baby watered {and keep Lucy out!} and in a few more weeks we should be ready to start harvesting some fresh vegetables.
And for all of you who asked, YES, I will be keeping track of how many pounds of vegetables we can harvest out of this one 4×8 foot bed. I think it will be fun to see how much food you really can get from a square foot garden.
Peace Out Girl Scouts, I’m off to go play in the dirt.
~ 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.
Lisa says
I had to smile when you said you were wearing your husband’s socks. Two months ago my husband, my sister, my three teenage daughters and I all went to the beach for four days. My husband laid out all the clothes he wanted to take on the bed and I was packing them in the bag. I noticed he had so many of those white socks(just the ones you were wearing in the pic) laid out. I counted them and asked why he was taking 14 pairs of socks! His reply was because all us girls wear them!! lol And we did…after being out on the beach all day…it’s so cozy to come in and put on a big comfy pair of mens socks! 🙂
Carol says
Lisa, you have a very sweet husband to plan for you “girls”!
Angela says
I love my husbands socks! In fact the only time I don’t wear his or my sons socks is when I have to get fancy and go out into the real world!
Beckybeq says
Um, er, that’s all I wear for socks. I wear a size 12 women’s shoe, hubby a size 11 men, son a size 12 men – so I just buy one brand of socks, two types to cover all three of us.
My daughter now, SHE has socks! Bright socks, striped socks, neon socks – so she does her own laundry because *I’m* not matching up all those socks!