I planted my garden just a month ago. The plants are really taking off. The peppers are big, almost ready for harvest. We have had 4 servings of green beans, and another one on the plant ready to pick. The tomato plants that i grew from seed are just about 3 feet tall, and really loaded with blooms. I think this one is a black cherry tomato. There were three of the 13 plants that the labels were misplaced, so I will have to wait until harvest time to know for sure which plant this is. I can't wait for the harvest, and to have a fresh tomato and basil salad, with some fresh mozzarella cheese! Oh, I can almost taste it now.
All in all, I am a fan of the square foot gardening. It is surely producing more than I expected, and the weeds are usually under control. If I ever make a new bed, I will do two layers of the weed cloth. Somehow some dollar weeds made it through and they are pretty much all over. I keep them at bay by weeding every other day. They are the only type of weed that I have, so without them, I would have had a weed free garden.
The tomato plants are big enough now that they shade the dollar weed, and they are not growing as fast, but still I have to pull them often.
So here is a recap in pictures from a month ago to now.
Here the tomato seedlings with just a few leaves were put in Mel's Mix on April 14th, and as of yesterday May 17th, they look like this. I hope everyone is having a good gardening year. If you have a square foot garden and would like to share please comment on this post so that we can all see your successes.
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