…Square Foot Gardening. Have you heard of it? It is different from regular gardening. I’m not even going to try to explain it. There are tons of websites that can give you good counsel. So, far this is what we have… Tomatoes are planted in every square foot. The boxes are 4 feet by 8 feet. At the other end are squash, zucchini plants and okra. The bamboo poles are going to help hold up the vines… This is our next bed. Green Bell Peppers, Yellow Be…
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Every-time I think I know something – I realize there is so much more to learn.
…y tongue. (At least, I hope I did.) I was the one who lost out. I put “big gardening” on hold. I just couldn’t see me wasting anymore money on plants for things that I could buy at he local grocery store. Sometime throughout my hiatus – I tried container gardening. Then I started reading and studying drought tolerated plants and specific Texas crops. And I learned. And gleaned (pardon the pun). And learned some more. I learned I liked hummingbird…
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Getting Dirty and the Dirt on Dirt!
…is a lot of compost! Then we searched high and low for topsoil. Our local gardening centers didn’t carry enough for our raised beds. My hubby finally found a man way out in Timbuktu. We took our trusty trailer and the man filled it to the rim and our tires were about to explode. The owner of the topsoil saw how many kids we had and I think he felt sorry for us. He only charged us $20 for about 3 cubic yards. That was so much cheaper than anywhere…
How to build a Bean Tepee
How to build a Bean Tepee! We have been busy gardening! Every week we try a new project for the kids (and adults). This week was Bean Teepees. Tepees also Tipis and Teepees. Yep, all three spellings are correct. Weird. Since we are working with two other families, we made three teepees. We found Bamboo sticks at a local gardening store. (Cheap tip: Shop around for Bamboo – at the local Box store – Bamboo was 7 times more .) We used twine to tie t…
