Fourth Week of April (Spring -2)

 So I’ve been busy today! I’ve been planting and planting! The squares in white have been planted. I did minimal switching around from my original plan–a few squares were empty, and I decided to fill them with potatoes and onions.
 Cost:

Seed potatoes (5 lb bag) $5.50
Onion sets (80) $1.50
Fertilizer for indoor plants $5.00

Growing outside:

Garlic
Spinach
Lettuce (transplants and [...]

Jodi’s Week 11

I have had a crazy last few weeks what with winning a national championship in hockey and all but i have managed to keep up with my gardening.  Just haven’t had much chance to post.  So here is the status. 
GARDEN UPDATE 
Growing Outside
Garlic (planted 3/10, shoots are about 6 inches tall!)
Peas (planted 4/7, first sprouts [...]

Third Week of April (Spring -3)

Planted a few things outside:

Garlic
Spinach
Peas
Lettuce sprouts

Growing inside:

Cabbage
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Onions (white and yellow)
Dill
Hot peppers (Anaheim & Jalapeno)
Bell peppers
Tomatoes (Better boy, Roma, Sweet 100)
Basil
Lettuce (sprouting in vermiculite) I need to pot or move these, but I’m too lazy.

My broccoli is getting big, but some of the leaves are yellowing. Not sure what’s wrong.
Tomatoes are growing like CRAZY! I’m so [...]

Second Week of April (Spring -4)

Everything is just growing. I moved my setup to the basement–needed more room!
Growing inside:

Cabbage
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Onions (white and yellow)
Dill
Hot peppers (Anaheim & Jalapeno)
Bell peppers
Tomatoes (Better boy, Roma, Sweet 100)
Basil
Lettuce (sprouting in vermiculite)

First Week of April (Spring -5)

Started from seed:

Lettuce

Growing inside:

Cabbage
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Onions (white and yellow)
Dill
Hot peppers (Anaheim & Jalapeno)
Bell peppers
Tomatoes (Better boy, Roma, Sweet 100)
Basil

It snowed this week, so I’m not anxious to transplant outside yet. My tomatoes are growing RAPIDLY–They have gotten bigger than everything else!

Growing Potatoes in a Square Foot Garden

From Mel Bartholemew’s Site www.squarefootgardening.com: “Potatoes are a fun crop to grow because being underground you don’t know what you have until it is time to harvest them. They fit very nicely into a square Foot Garden. For large-sized potatoes we plant one per square foot. If you are going to harvest them early, called [...]