Salt Lake Valley SWMF Compost
801-674-6920
6030 W California Ave
SLC, UT 84104
$30 for a truck bed full
Timpanogos Special Service District
801-756-5231
5050 W 6400 N (Utah County)
American Fork UT 84003
$20 for a cubic yard (will not fill your truck bed)

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The “last frost date” is the date that, on average, is the latest you will have frost in your area. After this date it is generally safe to transplant frost-sensitive plants and seeds.
To determine your frost date:

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Under “Select a State(PDF)”, click on your state. This will bring up a list of locations and frost dates.
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So I have all sorts of ideas and hopes for this site, the least of which is to document my gardening efforts and keep all the information I research in one place. We’ll see if this turns into anything bigger than that!
 To begin, I thought I’d explain why, when I wanted to garden, I chose [...]

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Plant
# Per Square

Asparagus
1

Basil
1 or 4

Beans
8

Beets
9

Broccoli
1

Cauliflower
1

Carrots
16

Cauliflower
1

Celery
1

Chives
9

Cilantro
4 or 9

Collards
1

Corn
4

Cucumbers
2

Dill
1

Eggplant
1

Garlic
4-9

Kale
1

Lettuce
4

Okra
1

Onions
9 or 16

Oregano
1

Parsley
1

Peas
8

Peppers
1

Potatoes
4

Radishes
16

Rosemary
1

Spinach
9

Swiss Chard
4

Turnips
9

Vine Tomatoes
1

Plant
# of Squares

Cantaloupe
2

Pumpkins
2

Summer squash
9

Bush Tomatoes
9

Watermelon
2

Zucchini
9

To calculate how many plants per square, look on the back of the seed packet–totally ignore the row spacing, just look at the plant spacing:

3″ apart (or less), plant 16 per square
4″ apart, plant 9 per square
6″ apart, plant 4 per [...]

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