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Square Foot Gardening

By Genuisscuffy, 11 May, 2007, 14 comments

This is something started 25 years ago by an American guy called Mel Bartholomew (who has several books out on the subject) who was trying to...

Square Foot Gardening(2)

By Genuisscuffy, 8 Jul, 2007, 3 comments

I'm really pleased this year as to how much my garden has grown in really quite a small space-baring in mind I have three 6x3 foot beds, I have...

Square Foot Gardening

By Genuisscuffy, 15 Aug, 2007, 8 comments


I thought I would update you on how my Square Foot Garden has done over the summer. I am really pleased with the produce it and produced...

COMPOST

By Hamish, 9 Sep, 2007, 15 comments

As I installed 2x1 metre square raised beds, I of course needed compost. In one I put non-peat compost in the other a peat based compost. (B&Q...

Square Foot Gardening

By Genuisscuffy, 23 Sep, 2007, 2 comments

The Winter Clear-out has begun! You know when you get to the end of a season, and you look back and think of your successes and failures, things...

maisymulcher introduces herself

By Maisymulcher, 4 Oct, 2007, 7 comments

hello fellow growers, I am new to computers so you will have to bear with me. But I am an old hand at growing veggies, and now have 5 raised...

Raised Vegetable Plot

By Carolyn, 5 Nov, 2007, 1 comment

Having been inspired by the on line square foot garden on this site I am trying to do something similiar. So far got the wood and stakes from...

Raised vegetable Plot

By Carolyn, 19 Nov, 2007, 2 comments

Well not logged in in a while, gosh some people have been busy it seems. It seems to have got very rainy down here in Southampton, and thus...

Raised Veggie Plot continued saga.....

By Carolyn, 30 Nov, 2007, 3 comments

Finally did a bit in the garden this week, hooray. I cleared the rest of the garden cuttings/weeding pile into recycling bags, in fact it has...

Nearly there

By Carolyn, 10 Feb, 2008, 5 comments

Well I finally got one part of the plot hammered together and in place, started again on Friday in my new welly boots I got for Christmas, there...

Warming ground and killing weeds

By Carolyn, 29 Feb, 2008, 0 comments

Made some progress in the garden in February and feeling good....
Filled up the two plots -Filled one plot with organic compost.The other with...

Square Foot Garden 2008

By Genuisscuffy, 13 Apr, 2008, 7 comments


I cannot believe how quickly the growing seasons change. Last week it snowed (really unusual in Hampshire) and this week I'm planting Strawberries!!...

should we add raised beds to this lawn?

By Rachelscott_renouf, 4 May, 2008, 10 comments

We have been thinking about adding raised beds in this lawn, problem is that the lawn is a funny shape! the edge near the pond is quite a bit...

Welcome to my veg garden!

By Lilydee05, 6 May, 2008, 3 comments


Here's my veg garden! We moved in our new house in November last year and my other half (who's a carpenter by trade) has been busy making...

fleeced up and scared of frogs

By Carolyn, 18 May, 2008, 4 comments

Briefly heard on the radio that their would be frost tonight and four the next four days I think. Checked on bbc weather and looks the case...

patio garden

By Wohlibuli, 22 May, 2008, 5 comments

Last summer my husband found a book called square foot gardening and he put together a small garden for me so I could have it raised up on the...

pics

By Wohlibuli, 24 May, 2008, 2 comments

Wasn't too hard to get help, If it's computer related he loves it. Computers are his life. So after the little storm was over I took some shots...

Impatient

By Wohlibuli, 28 May, 2008, 3 comments

Yes That's me. I have planted all of the boxes in my patio garden and everything is growing fairly well, peppers are setting on just fine and...

* Its Raining Yet Again, So Write A Blog!!*

By Dioon11, 3 Jun, 2008, 4 comments

Having waited three months for my heavy clay soil to moisten up for planting, the rains of the past 3 weeks have made it possible for me to plant...

hello my friends xx

By Ickledigga, 12 Jan, 2009, 32 comments

wow! it has been a while since i last wrote a blog i apologise!!! so... hello to all and thank you for all your messages of goodwill whilst i...

My new veg garden

By Tonyb158, 17 May, 2009, 4 comments

Well I have been gardening for over 60 years now and have always been very successful in growing plants and flowers and vegetables in my Northwest...

Garden 14th June 2009

By Maccrimmon, 14 Jun, 2009, 28 comments

Thought I would creat an update of garden so I can look back when it gets cold.
So far I have had strawberries, baby turnips , courgettes and...

Our Raised Bed Experience !

By Indypendant, 3 Aug, 2009, 14 comments

O.K., Hello and welcome to our little piece of heaven, what was just a blank lawn a few years ago has transformed via a lot of hard work and...

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