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 [...]
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 [...]
Wow! Spring has been skipped once again this year. It went from freezing temperatures to sweltering, seemingly over night. It did this last year and we had record high temperatures in June! I’m already having to water my gardens every day and I don’t like it! I am a lazy gardener, that’s why I Square [...]
Busy week this week! Tomorrow I’m in Dayton for a workshop with the Master Gardeners. Tuesday night, consulting with New Albany’s new community garden and Wednesday evening teaching a 10-Basics class for the Upper Arlington Life Long Learning program. There are still openings. If you’d like to register, go to the LLL site for info. [...]
I am NOT a programmer, so my uneducated efforts at adding a shopping cart is not working out so well. So, if you are interested in ordering Mel’s Mix at the prepaid discount ($15.99 instead of $17.99 per bag) send me an email and I will send you an invoice via email. Each bag is [...]
I’ve been told that the truckload of Mel’s Mix is on its way to Ohio and should arrive by Friday, Monday at the latest. I am offering $2.00 off per bag on all pre-paid orders. The shopping cart is not up yet, but I can send you a Pay-Pal invoice, just drop me an email [...]
Please share with your friends in the Toledo area, I will be speaking on Square Foot Gardening for MultiFaith GROWs on Monday. I will actually be there for the Saturday Salad Luncheon, too, staying through Tuesday, when I will be touring some of the Toledo GROWs community gardens. I will have some SFG stock with [...]
Come out to Elm Recycling tomorrow for their open house. Lots of great stuff! You can get mulch at contractor price, Bill Shippen will be finishing his chainsaw wood sculpture of a T-Rex, Soil & Water, Techo-Bloc and me! Lots of free stuff and T-100 will be there from 1:00 to 3:00. Food provided by [...]
Wow! Time does fly! Here it is the middle of April and maybe, just maybe, Spring is finally here to stay. My rhubarb is up and just today I saw little sprouts of asparagus poking up through the soil. I really didn’t think my asparagus survived the winter, so I am thrilled! I just started [...]
Come to Wilson’s Garden Center in Newark Tuesday evening at 6:00 for the Coalition of Care fundraiser, “Spring Into Action … and Help Grow Seeds of Hope.” There will be several speakers presenting on favorite garden topics, including yours truly with Square Foot Gardening. Tickets are $15. Details here. Be sure to read all about [...]
