Planting second garden

Well, back from camp and I know it is late to plant but I am planting anyway - see if anything produces since I have old seeds to use up. Today planted 1 square of Summer Savory, oregano, head lettuce, garlic chives, parsley, spinach, onions chinese dacong, butternut squash, summer crookneck, basil, cosmos coriander cantelope, echinachae and 2 squares of carottes, turnip, beets, spinach, dill, and 3 squares of yellow beans, and 4 of lettuce.

I still have squares left, so tomorrow I will plant some flower seeds and leave a few squares for beans to plant next week. I love beans from the garden.

The first bed is doing fine. The broccoli has little heads already. The beans and peas have all sprouted and are 2 or 3 in tall.

I am pleased so far.

In the beginning

The Before

The After

In the beginning

I have read "All New Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew. Patrick (my son) helped me build the boxes a few weeks ago. Used the wood from the greenhouse. Mel's mix - vermiculite, peat moss and compost. Purchased 5 different composts - sheep, cow, shrimp, mushroom and seaweed. I got slats free rom Hodgins in Shawville. It should be 6 inches but I think I only have 4 in. Hope it works.

Cost: $25 compost, $17, $7 sale at Canadian tire - tomatoe plants- yellow and cherry. $10 nails and hammer. Vermiculite - still owe Marcottes for this - didn't have a price at the time. $15 peat and compost at Golden Lake, $5 seeds and $6 tomatoes. $85 all together. Need to buy more peat moss for the other bed. Using old seeds. Cheaper than getting it disked in the fall and plowed in the spring and a lot less work.

Today I planted pepper and Broccoli - 2 per sq foot (was supposed to be one)

peas and yellow beans - 9 seeds per sq ft

Melon, 1 per 2sq ft, Tomatoe was to be 1 per 9sq ft but I mostly have cherry so I put 1 per sq foot

Summer savory 4 seed /sq ft

ThenI cut the grass all round and then whipper snipped - It was a jungle out there. Will post pic tomorrow of progess.