It's been a while since I checked out my blog page and there have been a lot of changes in the site. I really like my new choice for a layout page. I hope to come back here more often.
Seems like my life of retirement has settled down into a routine of reading paperback novels or downloading books and reading from my nook, visiting with my family and getting ready for Spring! My daffodils are in bloom and I have pruned my grapevines. I am making plans for a vegetable garden this year. I missed the experience last year because I was feeling lazy (I guess).....Anyway, I am going to use a new method of planting in squares that I read about in Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew, published in 1981. Been out for a while, but I am just now getting around to reading it. The book is about a system for gardening, one that is so simple and easy that anyone can enjoy a weed-free garden all year, and produce a continuous harvest. It basically states that we can have a simple garden that wil produce a lot of harvest in a small space.
In square foot gardening, you build up your garden in a series of squares which are 12" x 12", an area of 1 sq. ft. You plant a different vegetable, flower, or herb in each square instead of being planted in rows with extra space between them. The plants are placed in a square, the same distance apart in all directions. I really like the idea and will be blogging more about this as my plans progress.
