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19 Responses to Donna’s Square Foot Garden Part 39
Hi Donna, I love watching your videos from all the way here in BC, Canada. We still have snow on the ground and right now your videos are giving me spring fever, but I still love watching! I’ll be putting together my own SFG this year and can’t wait! Thanks again for the tips!
The broccoli you cut the first head off it and you get more. 😉 Yuppers. We also just finished building our square foot garden beds. Feel free to take a look! 😉 We are doing a potato box this year too… that video goes up tonight.
GettingThereGreen
February 23, 2013 at 6:38 am Reply
Thank you so much for doing these videos, I’ve so enjoyed them. It has been very helpful, as a new gardener, to be able to learn from all of your tips and techniques. Great job!
I had been told that the blinds that leak lead were the older ones. They are regulated now.
I just got 3 of my boxes cut, painted, and screwed together. I’m going to start on two today for my children (smaller boxes).
I am waiting on the perlite I had to order from the nursery. All other stores around here didn’t have the huge bags and wouldn’t order it. So the nursery ordered it for me at $22 a bag.
Your gardens look beautiful, as always.
Susanna McIntyre
February 23, 2013 at 7:07 am Reply
Hi Donna : ) I love watching your videos up here in Montana. This year I’m putting in a sfg along with a greenhouse to extend our growing season. I found 4′ strips of lath at homedepot. I liked the idea above about not connecting them although I aleady have. I may remove the screws before the season is over. I’m new and have started seeds in my house. Wish me luck! I love learning from your experience.
hi 🙂 I went to lowe’s and got some very cheap 1-inchx12ft strips from over in the lumber department. I think they were molding (trim). They are untreated, you can see them in the one video i uploaded lol (Im terrible with video). The strips are mostly flat on one side and really flat on the other side.
I have found the best all round grid material to be those 1/2″ X 1 1/2″ X 4’ wood plaster laths that used to be readily available and real cheap to buy but they are hard to find now since lath & plaster walls have been replaced with drywall for building houses. They would work well in your situation too because you could just lay them down without connecting them so you could just slide them out for a crop change. With our short growing season here in Maine crop changes aren’t a consideration.
Glad to see another video. I am looking forward to the next one. Everything looks so good. I am always impressed with the discipline you show by maintaining the SFG method. I am just not up to it.
I am looking for a new material for grids. In some ways, it is easier to plant without the grids, like turning the soil, but harder in other ways, because I have to count all of my area first. I have planted so many things, I have a real good idea of the spacing, but I totally miss the grids. I am just not that handy, so it’s a little harder for me to “invent” something. I need a grid which is easy to remove around all of my pepper and tomato plants when I transition between seasons. Thanks!
Hi! I am always learning! I have 9 beds total. Thanks for the tip on swiss chard! I am trying to find a new way to do my grids for this season. Someone told me the materials from some blinds my have lead, so back to the drawing board! I have 2 permanent beds and a few perrenials in other beds like Stevis and Aloe. Now that I am growing my own plants from seed, I hope to be able to fully implement the “continuous planting method” as stated in the SFG book….gonna keep me busy!! Thanks
I didnt space my carrots last year and ended up with tiy tiny carrots they were awesome in salads and soups. Very sweet.
Michele Goodsell
February 23, 2013 at 12:03 pm Reply
Thought of you today as I drilled the holes for my version of your folding square frame. 🙂 Your garden is looking great. I really miss having a salad bed. I know I’ll have one permanent bed for my herbs and things like Swiss chard which will come back every year. How many of your beds are permanent like that strawberry and asparagus? What is your total number of beds? I know you also do containers, I was wondering how many of those too. lol. I only have 3 4×4 beds so far but I’m dreaming big!
What month is it freezing in Florida?
alz123alz
February 23, 2013 at 4:32 am
great garden as usual Donna….what type of mulch do you use??
easternstar12
February 23, 2013 at 5:01 am
Great job. We have been eating broccoli since November. It’s amazing how much broccoli one plant can produce
QuickGardens
February 23, 2013 at 5:34 am
Hi Donna, I love watching your videos from all the way here in BC, Canada. We still have snow on the ground and right now your videos are giving me spring fever, but I still love watching! I’ll be putting together my own SFG this year and can’t wait! Thanks again for the tips!
kikiincanada
February 23, 2013 at 5:46 am
The broccoli you cut the first head off it and you get more. 😉 Yuppers. We also just finished building our square foot garden beds. Feel free to take a look! 😉 We are doing a potato box this year too… that video goes up tonight.
GettingThereGreen
February 23, 2013 at 6:38 am
Thank you so much for doing these videos, I’ve so enjoyed them. It has been very helpful, as a new gardener, to be able to learn from all of your tips and techniques. Great job!
injoystampin
February 23, 2013 at 7:02 am
I had been told that the blinds that leak lead were the older ones. They are regulated now.
I just got 3 of my boxes cut, painted, and screwed together. I’m going to start on two today for my children (smaller boxes).
I am waiting on the perlite I had to order from the nursery. All other stores around here didn’t have the huge bags and wouldn’t order it. So the nursery ordered it for me at $22 a bag.
Your gardens look beautiful, as always.
Susanna McIntyre
February 23, 2013 at 7:07 am
Hi Donna : ) I love watching your videos up here in Montana. This year I’m putting in a sfg along with a greenhouse to extend our growing season. I found 4′ strips of lath at homedepot. I liked the idea above about not connecting them although I aleady have. I may remove the screws before the season is over. I’m new and have started seeds in my house. Wish me luck! I love learning from your experience.
Whippetfest
February 23, 2013 at 7:24 am
hi 🙂 I went to lowe’s and got some very cheap 1-inchx12ft strips from over in the lumber department. I think they were molding (trim). They are untreated, you can see them in the one video i uploaded lol (Im terrible with video). The strips are mostly flat on one side and really flat on the other side.
Plum369
February 23, 2013 at 7:55 am
I have found the best all round grid material to be those 1/2″ X 1 1/2″ X 4’ wood plaster laths that used to be readily available and real cheap to buy but they are hard to find now since lath & plaster walls have been replaced with drywall for building houses. They would work well in your situation too because you could just lay them down without connecting them so you could just slide them out for a crop change. With our short growing season here in Maine crop changes aren’t a consideration.
Charles Main
February 23, 2013 at 8:18 am
Glad to see another video. I am looking forward to the next one. Everything looks so good. I am always impressed with the discipline you show by maintaining the SFG method. I am just not up to it.
Rob
robmelnoahzane
February 23, 2013 at 9:13 am
I like very small carrots too!! Thanks for watching!
dylan14570
February 23, 2013 at 10:13 am
Lucky I guess! It has been a cold season for Florida! Thanks for watching!
dylan14570
February 23, 2013 at 10:55 am
I am looking for a new material for grids. In some ways, it is easier to plant without the grids, like turning the soil, but harder in other ways, because I have to count all of my area first. I have planted so many things, I have a real good idea of the spacing, but I totally miss the grids. I am just not that handy, so it’s a little harder for me to “invent” something. I need a grid which is easy to remove around all of my pepper and tomato plants when I transition between seasons. Thanks!
dylan14570
February 23, 2013 at 11:34 am
Hi! I am always learning! I have 9 beds total. Thanks for the tip on swiss chard! I am trying to find a new way to do my grids for this season. Someone told me the materials from some blinds my have lead, so back to the drawing board! I have 2 permanent beds and a few perrenials in other beds like Stevis and Aloe. Now that I am growing my own plants from seed, I hope to be able to fully implement the “continuous planting method” as stated in the SFG book….gonna keep me busy!! Thanks
dylan14570
February 23, 2013 at 11:50 am
I didnt space my carrots last year and ended up with tiy tiny carrots they were awesome in salads and soups. Very sweet.
Michele Goodsell
February 23, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Thought of you today as I drilled the holes for my version of your folding square frame. 🙂 Your garden is looking great. I really miss having a salad bed. I know I’ll have one permanent bed for my herbs and things like Swiss chard which will come back every year. How many of your beds are permanent like that strawberry and asparagus? What is your total number of beds? I know you also do containers, I was wondering how many of those too. lol. I only have 3 4×4 beds so far but I’m dreaming big!
VivianRinSC
February 23, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Enjoyed the latest video. I look forward to each & every one. What happened to the grids? I notice you don’t use them anymore.
Charles Main
February 23, 2013 at 12:39 pm
I see a lot of veggies survived the snow storm..great!
jihadacadien
February 23, 2013 at 12:57 pm