by Emily MySFG · Published February 23, 2011 · Last modified May 19, 2012
Gardening year: 2011 Location: Langhorne, Pennsylvania Planting By Color: Yellow I cannot tell you how excited I am to share Jacki’s garden plans with you! She is using some awesome techniques to extend her harvest....
Lettuce is a semi-hardy vegetable that grows best in cool weather or partial shade during the summer. Leaf lettuce is easy to grow, and is planted 4 per square. Head lettuce takes longer to...
Thanks to Thomas for the heads up on this opportunity to purchase raised beds at Sam’s Club. To see other options, check out these posts on buying vs. building garden beds, and a raised...
Kale is a hardy vegetable that grows best in cool weather. Spring Planting Start seeds indoors 11 weeks before the frost date, or purchase transplants. Transplants are ready when they have 4-6 true leaves....
Gardening year: 2011 Location: Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Planting By Color: Blue Check out Tavia’s square foot gardening plan–isn’t it fun?! I love the unique shape. You can tell from the second picture that the bottom...
Cabbage is a hardy vegetable that grow best in cool weather. Spring Planting In most areas there is not enough time to grow cabbage from seeds before the weather gets too hot. Start seeds indoors...
Every spring I get lots of emails asking for feedback on garden plans. It’s something I enjoy doing, and I especially love to be able to post it for all to see. I want...
If you’ve never done it before, you might be asking yourself “Why would I start seeds indoors?” and “Will I save money starting seeds indoors?” Why Start Seeds Indoors? In other words, why can’t...
There are many options for watering your garden. Here are the pros and cons of each method. Bucket Here is the simplest method of watering your garden–a bucket of sun-warmed water with a cup...
A commonly asked question posed by those contemplating their first garden is: Will gardening save me money? As with all good gardening questions, the answer is “It depends.” Since that is not very helpful,...
