Author: Emily MySFG

My 2009 Square Foot Gardening Plan

My 2009 Square Foot Gardening Plan

Below is my gardening plan for the year 2009. Here is a list of plans from other years or other people. Sample Square Foot Gardening Plans Creating a Square Foot Gardening Plan My 2008...

Little Packets of Joy!

Little Packets of Joy!

So you know you’ve officially become a gardening person when you can stand in the seed aisle at Wal-Mart for over 30 minutes, and still not decided what to get! After working on my...

What is YOUR color?

What is YOUR color?

The Struggle Trying to explain when to prepare your garden, start seeds inside, and plant outside is so confusing! That is because the timing is different for each location. When to plant is all...

Weekly Newsletter Updates

Weekly Newsletter Updates

Thanks for signing up to receive weekly emails! Each Monday between December and June you will receive an email with information about what to plant and other gardening tips.

Buttons, buttons, buttons

Buttons, buttons, buttons

If you are a fan of square foot gardening or use my Planting by Color system, have I got a button for you! choose your button right click, select all, copy add an html...

My Winning Salsa Recipe

My Winning Salsa Recipe

My goal this year was two-fold: Grow enough veggies to make my own salsa Find a salsa recipe that my family likes more than or equal to Pace Picante I am happy to report success...

2008 Garden in Review–Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Broccoli

2008 Garden in Review–Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Broccoli

In the end, my broccoli took up SO MUCH space! It didn’t produce as much as I had hoped. Still, I will do it again! The fresh broccoli was SO DELICIOUS it was worth...

Yummy Marinara Sauce

Yummy Marinara Sauce

This sauce is great for spaghetti or lasagna. Add diced veggies or meat. Simmer in 1 cup of water: 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped Add and simmer...

2008 Garden in Review–Onions, Potatoes, Cucumbers

2008 Garden in Review–Onions, Potatoes, Cucumbers

Onions One thing I learned here–definitely worth starting from sets! All the time and effort I put into starting from seeds was pretty much wasted. I harvested 6 pounds of onions, and used every...

2008 Garden in Review–Squash, Peppers

2008 Garden in Review–Squash, Peppers

Squash This year I planted 1 mini-pumpkin, 1 regular pumpkin, and 1 zucchini. We harvested 7 small pumpkins and 3 large (one huge!). On one hand, we didn’t get a lot of pumpkins, considering...