Comments on: Square Foot Garden Update #9 http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:31:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reba K Stanfield http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-27186 Reba K Stanfield Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:11:11 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-27186 I enjoy hearing from and about you, your family and garden. You seem to be blessed with a green thumb, which I wasn't. Just as well as allergies has kept me from working in a garden or yard. But now I am 77+ and a widow and enjoy reading a lot. As a transplanted Oklahoman (to Texas) I get to see my younger son and his family and celebrate birthdays, etc.There's a Great Grand baby due in May. He or she will join 2 others, one of them live in Austin, 22 months old and the other lives in California, soon will be 3 months old. They are grandchildren of my older son and his wife. God has blessed us that both of the Sons are Christians as are their wives. The 4 grandchildren , 2 boys and 2 girls and their spouses are also. My husband died little over a year after we moved here. We had sold our Dairy farm a few years earlier. God bless you. Reba K Stanfield The pictures of your Boys are cute!! I enjoy hearing from and about you, your family and garden. You seem to be blessed with a green thumb, which I wasn’t. Just as well as allergies has kept me from working in a garden or yard. But now I am 77+ and a widow and enjoy reading a lot.
As a transplanted Oklahoman (to Texas) I get to see my younger son and his family and celebrate birthdays, etc.There’s a Great Grand baby due in May.
He or she will join 2 others, one of them live in Austin, 22 months old and the other lives in California, soon will be 3 months old. They are grandchildren of my older son and his wife.
God has blessed us that both of the Sons are Christians as are their wives. The 4 grandchildren , 2 boys and 2 girls and their spouses are also.
My husband died little over a year after we moved here. We had sold our Dairy farm a few years earlier.
God bless you. Reba K Stanfield
The pictures of your Boys are cute!!

]]> By: Christina Baita http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16798 Christina Baita Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:02:45 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16798 The credit card company slogan goes perfectly here... the results are indeed priceless! Thanks for this post because for some reason I didn't realize that it was built right on top of a patio. I thought this was in the ground (more than 6in) so now, I am even more encourages and impressed. We have a smaller garder growing in pots on our balcony. Condo downtown in Cincinnati. I learned more about the dirt combo too. Thanks again and have a great day! The credit card company slogan goes perfectly here…
the results are indeed priceless! Thanks for this post because for some reason I didn’t realize that it was built right on top of a patio. I thought this was in the ground (more than 6in) so now, I am even more encourages and impressed. We have a smaller garder growing in pots on our balcony. Condo downtown in Cincinnati. I learned more about the dirt combo too.
Thanks again and have a great day!

]]> By: Robin http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16646 Robin Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:50:29 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16646 This is also my first year with the SFG method. We built four 2x6 foot boxes along the sides of our chain link fence. Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and snow peas climb the fence for support and offer a little privacy. I checked with my neighbors before doing this and they had no problem with it since they know they'll be given some of the overabundance of veggies. It has worked out great for us and we are going to expand it next year. This is also my first year with the SFG method. We built four 2×6 foot boxes along the sides of our chain link fence. Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and snow peas climb the fence for support and offer a little privacy. I checked with my neighbors before doing this and they had no problem with it since they know they’ll be given some of the overabundance of veggies. It has worked out great for us and we are going to expand it next year.

]]> By: LizG http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16636 LizG Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:21:35 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16636 On the watering end of things, using your "grey water" -- water that's been used once for something non-toxic like washing dishes -- is a great way to conserve/recycle/reuse. My grandmother and mother always washed supper dishes in a plastic basin set in the sink, then carried the water out to the garden. That way the garden got some water every day, and was never forgotten. I'm carrying on the tradition with my balcony garden. (Use biodegradable dish soap for best results.) On the watering end of things, using your “grey water” — water that’s been used once for something non-toxic like washing dishes — is a great way to conserve/recycle/reuse. My grandmother and mother always washed supper dishes in a plastic basin set in the sink, then carried the water out to the garden. That way the garden got some water every day, and was never forgotten. I’m carrying on the tradition with my balcony garden. (Use biodegradable dish soap for best results.)

]]> By: LizG http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16635 LizG Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:53:12 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16635 PS: I used coconut coir in lieu of peat moss for my box garden -- peat moss is a non-renewable resource so I thought I'd try the alternative. Any thoughts on whether it works as well as peat? PS: I used coconut coir in lieu of peat moss for my box garden — peat moss is a non-renewable resource so I thought I’d try the alternative. Any thoughts on whether it works as well as peat?

]]> By: LizG http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16634 LizG Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:50:28 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16634 WOW! I'm astonished at how much you've squeezed into such a small space, and how high your plants have grown in such a shallow garden. I love the great info, thank you! This year marks my first attempt as a Bumbling Gardener and I'm having a ball, learning lots, and eating lots of great, fresh veggies. I am tending a backyard garden at a friend's place and have just gotten a plot in my local community garden, too. Check out pics at www.localdelicious.com. Keep the great info coming! liz@localdelicious.com WOW! I’m astonished at how much you’ve squeezed into such a small space, and how high your plants have grown in such a shallow garden. I love the great info, thank you! This year marks my first attempt as a Bumbling Gardener and I’m having a ball, learning lots, and eating lots of great, fresh veggies. I am tending a backyard garden at a friend’s place and have just gotten a plot in my local community garden, too. Check out pics at http://www.localdelicious.com.

Keep the great info coming!
liz@localdelicious.com

]]> By: Alea http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16612 Alea Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:38:35 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16612 Short term solution: Google how to hand polinate_____ (insert the name of plant). Youwill find specific instructions for hand polinating that plant. Long term solution: Buy Mason Bees. They are not as agressive as honey bees, but they also don't make honey. Short term solution: Google how to hand polinate_____ (insert the name of plant). Youwill find specific instructions for hand polinating that plant.

Long term solution: Buy Mason Bees. They are not as agressive as honey bees, but they also don’t make honey.

]]> By: Erin http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16611 Erin Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:39:27 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16611 That is a distinct possibility Diane! I have had to help my squash plants pollenate, but have recently seen more bees around! I'm totally a novice and can't help much...anyone else??? That is a distinct possibility Diane! I have had to help my squash plants pollenate, but have recently seen more bees around! I’m totally a novice and can’t help much…anyone else???

]]> By: Erin http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16610 Erin Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:37:29 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16610 I plan to do a "total harvest" and "total savings" at the end of the summer! Stay tuned... I plan to do a “total harvest” and “total savings” at the end of the summer! Stay tuned…

]]> By: Michele http://www.5dollardinners.com/2009/07/square-foot-garden-update-9.html/comment-page-1#comment-16609 Michele Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:19:35 +0000 http://www.5dollardinners.com/?p=2135#comment-16609 It looks great! You told us how much you spent. How much have you saved? It looks great! You told us how much you spent. How much have you saved?

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