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Okay, this may be a long shot, but is there anyone out there who lives in or near Sherman Texas? If you do and you garden, and you are willing to be my hands, eyes, and ears in an experiment, contact me at emily@mysquarefootgarden.net. Thanks! Happy gardening!

I am so happy to announce the launch of my new bundle. Here is what you’ll find inside: Gardening For Beginners is now Gardening Basics. I’ve updated this great step-by-step guide with what I’ve learned in the past few years.  It includes more recipes and two pre-set gardening plants–one for a salad garden, the other for a salsa garden. Planting By Color has been updated with more vegetables, and streamlined a bit. All the information about specific vegetables that was on each page is now in my new e-book (see below). This comes with 8 Spring color schedules, 6 Fall color schedules, … Continue reading →

Okay folks, it’s only taken me a year longer than I thought, but I am almost ready to release the next edition of my e-books. I’m adding a new e-book, a Vegetable Reference Guide. This combines all the articles I’ve written about each vegetable into one spot, and makes it easy to print and use as you plan and grow your garden. For those of you who have already purchased my e-book bundle, you will automatically receive a download for the new bundle, which includes this vegetable reference guide. For those who have been thinking about buying my e-book bundle, do it … Continue reading →

I apologize to all who have tried to access my website in the past two days. For some unknown reason, it kept loading slower and slower, until it would not load at all. I contacted my hosting company, and they explained it (my hosting account is very old, on old servers, and I will need to upgrade, which requires changing my database from 4.1 to 5.0, but there’s NO automated way to do so, instead backup, delete, restore, I decided NOT do to that but to set up a new hosting account and have been madly downloading and uploading for … Continue reading →

Okay, so here’s a shameless plug for you to go visit my friend Demi’s Etsy shop. She makes all this awesome stuff herself! For fun, I’ve added a gardening spin to it all. Click on any picture to go to her site and see more! Irrigation Earrings Wear these cascading earrings as you water your plants. For the men, give this to your special someone who admires all your hard work in the garden. Trellis Bracelet Wouldn’t this bracelet or ring look cute as you set up your trellis, or trained up your peas, cucumbers, or tomatoes? Growing Beautiful I … Continue reading →

Planting by Color and Gardening for Beginners e-book collection In the spirit of “Black Friday” (the craziest shopping day, the Friday after Thanksgiving), I have decided to run a special sale on my e-book bundle. I promise you, this sale will be the ONLY time you can get my bundle at this price! The sale ends on “Cyber Monday” (November 29) at 11:59pm. For more information about the e-books, you can go to this post or click on the banner in the left sidebar. But don’t forget to come back here–this link is the only one that gives you this … Continue reading →

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 your blog listed on my Your SFG page, send an email to mysquarefootgarden@gmail.com. Be sure to include: Name (first only) Location (city and state/province) Gardening method (traditional, container, raised bed, square foot, etc.) Link to your blog Of course, it’s great if you link … Continue reading →

Complete this survey! I’ve had many requests from those of you living in HOT climates (like Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, California) or whose frost dates don’t fit into my color groups. I’m working on developing a planting schedule for you, but I NEED YOUR HELP! Please complete this SHORT SURVEY–it’s only 5 questions long! I am particularly hoping the Red and Orange groups will complete them, and anyone else who did could not find their frost date in my color table. Tomato cages I have not forgotten about the tomato cages! For those who live near me (Utah and Salt … Continue reading →

So, if you purchased a lawn mower, for your own use, containing an engine with up to 30 horsepower in the United States or Puerto Rico and between January 1, 1994 and April 12, 2010, I have good news for you. Go here and submit a claim form and receive between $35 and $70. Brands include, but are not limited to: Lawnmower Manufactured by Engine Manufactured by Yard-Man Cub Cadet Honda Bolens Exmark Deere Sabre Scotts Toro Yard Machines Craftsman Troy Bilt Husqvarna Poulan Poulan PRO Lawn-Boy Weed Eater White Outdoor Snapper Simplicity Brute Murray Deere EHP Honda Husqvarna MTD … Continue reading →