Tag Archives: Square Foot Gardening

Got Dirt!

Last week I added two new 4’-0” by 4’-0” raised beds to my garden.  The beds were made out of some 2×12’s I was able to salvage prior to  them hitting a dumpster.  Last weekend I built the frames, added some hardware cloth to the bottom of the beds and dug them into the ground […]

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Planting Templates Part 2

With the “heat wave” moving in tomorrow I figured I had better get out and plant at least one of the raised beds we finished filling with dirt this past weekend.  This will be my first attempt at succession planting.  I am planting seeds I purchased from the Seed Savers Exchange.  In this bed I […]

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A Trellis for Peas & Beans

This evening after work I through together a quick trellis for our pea plants and green bean plants that have started to outgrow my impromptu driveway stakes. This trellis is simply made with some pressure treated 2×2’s that are 8’-0” long and a couple pieces of 1×6 cut to length with angles.  I had a […]

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