Garden Chores....

I'm almost finished with the three Square Foot Garden beds in the backyard (to be referred to as Backyard 1, 2 and 3 from this point on) ...

I need to get more brackets to hold the PVC for the hoops for the middle bed and paint the end corner brackets ( I'm waiting for a sunny day for the painting...don't worry, I'm not holding my breath :)  The bed closest to the house is going to be my kitchen herb garden; rosemary, thyme, parsley, sage and a few others with some lettuces and early peas mixed in.  The other two beds will vary with the season but I hope that all will work for fall and winter gardening.  Mike and I will be working on putting the three 4 x 8 foot beds (to be referred to as Backyard 4, 5 and 6) together this evening and I'll hopefully get the hoops attached and then get them filled up with soil this weekend.

Mike (aka FitzGyver) finished up two potato boxes for me.  They are so pretty is almost a shame to get them dirty.......

I read about these last year on Sinfonian's Square Foot Garden Blog .  I tried using wire cages last year, which were ok, but had their drawbacks (sharp edges and the soil washed away in heavy rains).  I'm planning on having a total of four boxes plus a small raised bed for Yukon Golds down by the lake this summer. 

The seeds I started in the greenhouse over the weekend are coming along nicely...

I'll be starting more this weekend...hopefully my order from Territorial Seeds will be here tomorrow....

Enjoy!

Deb