It’s been almost a month since I last posted a garden update (shame on me). Since that time the little garden has exploded! We’ve harvested green onions, spinach, radishes, broccoli, herbs, lettuce and a few strawberries. I have enough lettuce for daily salads and the butter lettuce is so tasty I hope I never have to go back to grocery store bagged lettuce again!
The broccoli is just amazing. We’ve harvested several heads and there are tons of new heads forming. Despite having three broccoli lovers in the family, I think I will be blessed to be able to freeze some for later!
I’ve pulled out my old Ronco dehydrator and have dried green onions and lots of parsley. I plan to dry other herbs if they start getting overgrown.
My newest garden project is starting a compost bin. Well, a compost trash can actually. Our homeowner’s association won’t allow compost bins but I turned an old Rubbermade trash can into a bin. I just put it together today and added grass clippings, kitchen peelings and scraps, and shredded newspaper. Hopefully Mother Nature will do her magic and turn the garbage into wonderful, rich soil over time. We’ll find out!
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Your square foot garden is amazing! I can't believe all that beautiful broccoli. As the wife of a fairly experienced gardener for many years I have to say we never had good luck with broccoli and just gave up on it. Now the deer have convinced us to give up on the whole thing & head to the market. But it definitely does not taste the same.
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