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$3.00 off today only! On Mel’s Mix

Tonight I gave my first Square Foot Gardening presentation for the new year for the Muskingum County Master Gardeners in Zanesville, Ohio. There were nearly 40 in attendance! We covered the 10 Basics plus a few more advanced tips and shared how we can feed the world by teaching people how to help themselves by [...]

Square Foot Gardening in Mother Earth News

Mother Earth News Magazine has a great article on Square Foot Gardening! Wow! Winter is just beginning but I am already scheduling classes for next year! I will be teaching SFG in Upper Arlington, Zanesville and Ashland, so far. Do you have a group who would like more info on SFG? Call me!  740-405-3874 Cassie

Hard freeze warning tonight!

I apologize for multiple postings today, but I just learned that there is a hard freeze warning for tonight in central Ohio. That means it will be below 28 degrees for more than four hours. Brrrrrr!!!!!  If you have anything left outside in your gardens that cannot take that much cold, be sure to dig [...]

Going to Cleveland this weekend

I am making a circuit of the state to deliver Mel’s Mix this weekend, so if you want some (or any other Square Foot Gardening items such as the composite lumber 4×4 kit, grids, books, etc.), give me a call. 740-405-3874. I will start out headed to Dresden, Zanesville, then Coshocton, Canton & Cleveland. If [...]

I finally did it! New Cassie’s Garden Stuff website.

For years, I’ve had just one site – www.CassiesStuff.com – and most of my public speaking presentations have been about Square Foot Gardening. But I am expanding my speaking repertoire and thought it would be a good idea to offer a separate site for my gardening clients. I’ve been thinking about this for a long [...]

Get yours now! Mel’s Mix headed to Florida

Just heard from Victoria at The Square Foot Gardening Foundation and they are needing the bagged Mix in Florida for a series of presentations there and she asked if she could have my stock. I don’t know if I will order more next Spring, so if you want some, this is your last chance to [...]

Getting garden beds ready for winter – wait! Don’t put them to bed yet!

Amber from Upper Arlington sent me an email yesterday asking about what to do with her Square Foot Garden now that the growing season is winding down. It is such a good question, I thought I’d share the answer with everyone. You can start to clean up your gardens now – pull out dead and [...]

Time to plant your fall garden!

What of my favorite things about Square Foot Gardening is that you aren’t so pooped out by all the weeds by this time in the summer. You still have energy to keep planting! So what do you plant? Just about everything you might have planted in the spring – broccoli, kale, cabbage, lettuce, peas, carrots, [...]

Wow! What a productive Square Foot Gardening Day!

Ok, very productive day, even though we didn’t start until after noon. Dylan made two 4×8 Square Foot Garden boxes and would have made a third, but the drill battery died. He mixed enough Mel’s Mix for three 4x4s and one 4×8. Once I’m out of the pile of compost, I’ll be switching to bagged [...]

Square Foot Gardening hands-on opportunity today!

Anyone who wants to come learn about Square Foot Gardening in a hands-on way, we will be working in my yard in Newark. We’re starting from the bottom up. Laying out gardens, building boxes, mixing Mel’s Mix and planting. I have six 2′x3′ boxes and two 2′x2′ already planted. Will eventually have three 4′x8′ beds [...]