Square Foot Gardening

The 3rd week-end in May we planted our gardens. Each are 4' X 4'. I was testing 2 new vegetables this year, Kale and Broccoli. A week later all 4 Kale were gone as well as the broccoli. I didn't realize we had rabbits, I thought. Until one night, as I sat on the patio, I witnessed Mr. Gibson's little weiner body propped up on the edge of the garden reaching over for something. And then I knew I had found the culprit.

So I replanted more Kale, more broccoli, and I added some eggplant AND A FENCE! Fool me once, shame you. Fool me twice...you get the picture.

As I went out to pick lettuce, I noticed all my Kale was again gone, broccoli gone and a few carrots were dug up. The little bugger broke through the fence.

Therefore, I have one dog for sale. He likes to bark, snuggle, burp up the smell of poop and eat ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.

Ice Plants

These are my favorite summer flowers in our front xeriscaped bed. They are perennials that made it through the winter and they do not need a lot of water. You can tell from their leaves that they are a succulent. The flowers open up in the heat of the day and close up at night.

Russian Sage

Is there anything to do with Russian Sage? I love the shrubs which are great for decorating xeriscaped areas. But they have grown HUGE. We planted two of them in our front patch and they are humming during the day full of bees. Bzzz bzzz says the bee. (I'm such a stay-at-home-mom!) I trimmed them up the other night so they didn't look so unruly and put some stems in a vase. Odorific and pretty. But what else can you make? Sage pillows for your eyes? Stinky saches for your panty drawers, anything?

Square Foot Gardening

Guess what dad? We are going to plant vegetables.

Gibson and I are going to help a lot, providing moral support.

Last year, with the move, we were unable to get it together to plant our garden. Though DG did make these boxes for me so that we could try to square foot garden. He prepped them this week-end filling them with our fresh compost, manure, soil, and vermiculite. Though we are bit late in the game, we are still hoping to get a good crop of cucumbers, yellow peppers, cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, lettuce, and carrots.