SFG or Square Foot Gardening

For as long as I can remember, my Mom and Grandmother have grown things.  And for as long as I can remember, I have had a black thumb.  I don't really like to sweat.  I don't like to hoe.  And I certainly don't like to pull weeds.  Gardening and the like has never been for me.  Until last year.

I don't remember how I discovered SFG (square foot gardening) but it appealed to me in the sense that it was easy and contained.  I bought a 4x4 box, a roll of landscape fabric, 5 bags of gardening soil and lots of little plants.  Then we had the hottest summer ever and went under water advisory and since I couldn't water it, it pretty much all died.  What didn't die, my husky ate.  I got a couple of handfulls of cherry tomatoes and a few squash.  The rest were lost.

This year, I am determined to do better!  I bought an additional 4x4 box.  I have planted (in the left box, from L-R) Red Onion, 3 Celebrity Tomatoes, White Onion, 3 Cherry Tomatoes, Carrots, Roma Tomatoes, Red/Orange/Yellow Bell Peppers.  In the right box I have Butternut squash, yellow squash, zucchini squash, cucumber, sweet banana pepper, red chili pepper, and jalapeno.

I am hoping to get enough tomatoes to make and can some marinara sauce, pickle some squash and have lots of yummy, fresh things to eat!  I also have rosemary and mint that survived from last year in pots on my deck.  I plan to add basil and cilantro and maybe chives.  As you can see, I also added a small fence around the garden to keep my pups out.  What can I say -- my healthy pups love veggies!  =)