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.
Well the garden didn't work out as planned. Too much rain in May and Hot Hot Hot in June. blah!
ReplyDeleteI opted for 2 tomato plants (of which I have gotten 4 ripe tomatoes from)and a few cucumber and okra plants. It is a struggle every day to keep them from burning up. If Arkansas gets any hotter, we will be known as the Tropics....would rather be in the Rain Forest! LOL