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Entries Tagged ‘Gardening Stuff’

SFG in Hawaii!

Hello all! I’m in Hawaii with the Square Foot Gardening Foundation helping Mel with a 3-day Certified Teacher training. Not much time to enjoy the views, but we’re having a great time! This could be the start of a whole series of training around the Pacific Rim. We are going to show people how to [...]

A solution to the deer problem

People are always asking me, “What can I do about the deer?” Short of a shotgun, there aren’t a whole lot of options. Mel gives a good one in his book, All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!, and called it a critter cover. It works, but it is not terribly attractive. [...]

Mixing homemade Mel’s Mix

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about how to mix the perfect soil for your garden. As you know, in Square Foot Gardening we call it “Mel’s Mix.” Seeing as how the truck of the commercially bagged Mel’s Mix has been delayed, people want to get started, so here are some ideas. In [...]

Beautiful day outside not great for a gardening conference inside

Wrapping up a very exhausting day at the Clark County Master Gardeners Garden Fling. I spoke two times about Square Foot Gardening and had a booth. Not a great sales day – not many attendees because it was a beautiful day – but made some really good contacts. Tomorrow at 2:00 I’m off to Wilson’s [...]

Classes starting!

Wow! The winter is passing quickly. It doesn’t seem like it when I look out the window and see a good 12 inches of now on the ground – very unusual for this part of Ohio! It got down to -7 overnight. Brrrr!!! But Square Foot Gardening classes are starting this week. Friday I’m speaking [...]

Scheduling Classes for 2010!

Wow! It is amazing how quickly my Spring calendar is filling up with Square Foot Gardening classes. Already I’m scheduled to speak in Delaware and Wooster, as well as Newark. I’m also talking with Upper Arlington’s Life Long Learning program and will be there again, probably in February. See my calendar page for a complete [...]

Scheduling Square Foot Gardening Classes for the spring

I’m starting to schedule my Square Foot Gardening classes for the spring. We can start as early as February ’cause we can plant peas and potatoes in March in Ohio, earlier in other states. I’m willing to travel! Especially if it is to someplace warm. I have the 10 Basics of Square Foot Gardening, a [...]