Posted on August 15th, 2010 by emilyrhp
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Hey, this is for all those who write gardening blogs, or just blog about your garden sometimes. I’m going to create a list of gardening blogs on the Your SFG page. You don’t have to follow the square foot gardening method–you just have to grow stuff and write about it!
If you are interested in having [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by emilyrhp
I’ve been so busy putting together my new fall planting schedule that I’ve fallen behind on giving garden updates. As I compared the pictures to my last update, I was amazed at how much everything grew, and so quickly. This week I’ll take more pictures and you can see how things are looking today!
Here is [...]
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Posted on August 6th, 2010 by emilyrhp
If I get a chance, I’ll try to update this post with graphics and written instructions. For now you have to watch me in the video!
Happy gardening!
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Posted on August 1st, 2010 by emilyrhp
Drum roll please . . . after much blood, sweat, and tears, I am proud to announce my new Fall Planting Schedule!!!
The newsletter sign up now has room to indicate both your spring and fall colors (which are Maroon, Goldenrod, Olive, Navy, Purple, and Brown). As part of this round of improvements, [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2010 by cnuland
Spring-Summer-Fall
The most typical gardening pattern for North America is the Spring-Summer-Fall (S-S-F) gardening season. These gardeners have a spring frost date (the average date of the last spring frost) and a fall frost date (the average date of the first fall frost), and have to fit in all the gardening in between!
S-S-F gardeners plant [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2010 by cnuland
Plants can be divided into several types depending on how well they tolerate cold, freezing temperatures, and frost.
Very Tender
These types of plants cannot tolerate any frost or cold temperatures at all. They need to be planted when the weather is warm, after all danger of frost has passed.
All of these Very Tender plants have long [...]
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Posted on July 5th, 2010 by emilyrhp
After buying the supplies and building these myself, I have updated instructions on how to build tomato cages. The old way I suggested used zip ties, and required much less cutting. However, it required flattening out the remesh and rolling it the other direction, which was also a lot of work. In the end, I [...]
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Posted on June 18th, 2010 by emilyrhp
Do you already blog about gardening (at least sometimes)? Are you interested in posting pictures and the progress of your garden? Now is your chance!
I’m starting a new section of my blog, called Your SFG (square foot garden) where my readers and bloggers can contribute. ALL GARDENERS are welcome (even if you don’t follow the [...]
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Posted on June 16th, 2010 by emilyrhp
For those of you who love Square Foot Gardening, or at least prefer to grow in raised garden beds, I have good news for you! There are more and more options when it comes to purchasing raised or square foot garden beds. Honestly, it’s VERY difficult to do an “apples to apples” comparison, but I’m [...]
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Posted on June 10th, 2010 by emilyrhp
I’m always on the lookout for places to buy raised garden beds (and square foot garden beds), and have I found a great option! This is called the Easy Garden Box and is available to purchase at nurseries across the country.
I have to admit, this may be my favorite garden bed so far. It’s super [...]
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