plant a garden

How I did it: I read about it, spoke to my mother-in-law about gardening, and then tried!  A lot of things died, but some lived, and we had tomatoes, basil, and jalapeno peppers.   Read how I did it…

How I did it: We started in spring by doing a few seedlings and later brought plant transfers. I then looked into how to build a square foot garden and began constructing one with the children. We then filled it and planted it. Oh around mothers day (before all this) we did put up a fence and plan out the area. We ended up growing flowers in the front flower beds along with veggies in the back beds (cucumber (2 types), radishes, strawberries, melons, b… Read how I did it…

How I did it: I started some plants from seeds that my brother sent me from his garden in Texas.  Only one of the 3+ dozen types I started survived to be replanted... a red bell pepper.The rest I started from plants purchased at a small nursery (not a home improvement store).  Crook neck squash, Persian cucumbers, sugar snap peas, fennel, 3 Juliet grape tomatoes, 1 Paul Robeson tomato, 1 additional red bell, 1 orange bell, 1 shishido pepper, … Read how I did it…

How I did it: I found an abandoned plot of land in my apartments yard that had formerly been a flower garden in years past. I ripped up all the weeds, and bulbs of flowers, and hand tilled the ground. I layed out the area for the garden and where I wanted to plant the plants and then bought some seeds and planted them accordingly to the time of spring recommended per plant. I watered them everyday in the evening and eventually they grew! Read how I did it…

How I did it: I started some seeds inside in the winter, transplanted some and used store seedlings for some of the crops.  Some things were sown in the ground.  My husband helped with the pest control :-) I had to have a philosphical attitude sometimes when things didn't work out or the bugs got my broccolli, etc. But I found the whole experience very enjoyable--I loved getting home from work and going out to the garden to see what was happe… Read how I did it…