Update for June 30

This is my update for last week. I took these pictures on the 30th of June. We have two bug pictures this week. The first looks like ladybug larve, we were researching ladybugs earlier that day and the kids spotted this one, really cool :) The other is a tiny squash bug, ick. I'm not sure if I'll do squash again, it's having a lot of trouble.

Update June 22

I took these pics on the 21st. We found a huge tomato worm earlier this week. Scary looking. The kids wanted to keep him as a pet :) I've been searching for more all week but so far so good. We picked a bell pepper yesterday and added it to dinner. I think I'll make fried green tomatoes this weekend. I've been reluctant to pick any, I'm not sure why... I'm getting more large tomatoes so I feel more secure :) My plant with the roma style tomatoes is doing nicely. It has several large clusters, I took a pic of one for this post.

Squash!

After doing a search and learning all about squash and male and female blossoms, I guess my squash is doing fine :) I did a irl search and found several small yellow squash on my plants now. I'll try to get a picture soon.

Updated garden pics for June 14

I'm worried about my squash... they are blooming like crazy but I'm not seeing any little squash? Some blooms seem to just fall off and leave the stem looking like it was cut. Anyone have any ideas?

Tomatoes are still doing well. I transplanted my 'mild' jalapeno plant, it seems to have survived it and has a tiny pepper and more blooms. I added the rest of the bag of chicken manure around some of the plants. I'm adding a picture of my tiny eggplant :)

Bee Balm and Pea Blooms

Adding pictures of my bee balm. I think I may try to transplant this to the front since it's getting a little shaded. It's doing well. We brought this home as a gift from a b-day party my ds attended. The other picture is of the the first bloom on my sugar snap peas!

Square foot garden update for June 6th

I took most of these pictures yesterday but didn't get a chance to update. We were out of town for a long weekend. My neighbors took care of our dogs and gave my garden some water while we were gone. Tomatoes and squash are still doing wonderful. The eggplant has a small purple bloom on it, I'm surprised since it still looks pretty bad! I think I may plant more radishes just for fun. We've only eaten a few, the kids don't like them, but they grow quick and they like to pull them. So far my square foot garden is doing so much better than my last try at conventional gardening.

Udate Tuesday May 29

Attack of the squash! They are taking over! I'm wondering if I can prune them back a little? Would it hurt the plants? I've never grown squash before, I thought I could vine them up my netting, but it doesn't seem like they are a climbing vine... oops. Tomatoes are doing great. I have my first tiny baby tomatoes! I'm so excited! :)

I'm a day late on my pictures this week. It looks like rain, hopefully the garden will get a good soaking (free!) The tomatoes are coming along nicely and the squash is really growing! The eggplant is struggling, not sure if it's going to make it. I'm adding some compost today, the soil has settled and it's not as deep as I'd like. The cute dog is the culprit that was digging things up, so far the fencing is working.

I think you can click on the pics to see it larger. Any advice appreciated as I'm new to square ft gardening and still fairly new to gardening in general :) Something is nibbling tiny holes in my leaves, I'm trying to stay away from pesticides so uncertain what to do about it. We've had to reinforce the fencing since one of dogs discovered she could squeeze in and dig!

The little container has sugar snap peas, I'm going move it near the wall and make a trellis of some kind and let it climb.

My garden begins!

I'm so excited to be having a garden this year. Dh helped me build my boxes and make my planting mix. I read the New Square Foot Gardening this spring and decided to give it a try. Our soil here is not very productive. This method uses a soil-less mix of peat moss, vermiculite and compost. I'm hopeful that I'll have a good harvest this year. I'm planning to keep my records here and post picture updates. Good gardening to all!