Welcome to the 2012 edition in the collective blog series: Painting Our Black Thumbs Green. You can find other related posts in Veggies Squared. This blog meme is held in conjunction with Christina of The Table has Shoes and Other Ambiguities. Last year we both conducted fairly successful experiments in edible gardening… and this year [...]
View Article blight, carrot grow bags, carrots, copper fungicide, garden, garden location, garden planning, gardening, Jerusalem artichokes, Landreth Seed Company, Mel Bartholomew, organic, Painting Our Black Thumbs Green, POBTG, Potato Grow Bags, potatoes, Seven Springs Farm, SFG, square foot gardening, sun mapping, tomatoes, vegetable garden, vegetable gardeningThis is the eleventh installment in the collective blog series: Painting Our Black Thumbs Green. You can find other related posts in Veggies Squared. This blog meme is held in conjunction with Christina of The Table has Shoes and Other Ambiguities. We’re both garden virgins, making this our first undertaking in producing edibles in our [...]
View Article 7 Springs Farm, Alaska Fish Emulsion, compost, fertilizer, fish emulsion, garden, gardening, Mel Bartholomew, organic, organic fertilizer, Painting Our Black Thumbs Green, POBTG, Seven Springs Farm, SFG, square foot gardening, vegetable garden, vegetable gardeningThis is the tenth installment in the collective blog series: Painting Our Black Thumbs Green. You can find other related posts in Veggies Squared. This blog meme is held in conjunction with Christina of The Table has Shoes and Other Ambiguities. We’re both garden virgins, making this our first undertaking in producing edibles in our [...]
View Article Alma Paprika, broccoli, garden, gardening, haricot verts, lettuce, marigolds, Mel Bartholomew, midnight black turtle beans, One Magic Square, organic, Painting Our Black Thumbs Green, peppers, POBTG, SFG, square foot gardening, summer squash, swiss chard, tomatoes, vegetable garden, vegetable gardening, weather, winter squashThis is the ninth installment in the collective blog series: Painting Our Black Thumbs Green. You can find other related posts in Veggies Squared. This blog meme is held in conjunction with Christina of The Table has Shoes and Other Ambiguities. We’re both garden virgins, making this our first undertaking in producing edibles in our [...]
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This is the eigth installment in the collective blog series: Painting Our Black Thumbs Green. You can find other related posts in Veggies Squared. This blog meme is held in conjunction with Christina of The Table has Shoes and Other Ambiguities. We’re both garden virgins, making this our first undertaking in producing edibles in our [...]
View Article Black Castings, garden, gardening, Home Depot, Ko-Ko Pro, McEnroe Premium Organic Compost, Mel Bartholomew, Mel's Magic Mix Modified, Mel's Mix, organic, Painting Our Black Thumbs Green, POBTG, SFG, soil, soil mix, square foot gardening, vegetable garden, vegetable gardening, vermiculite, video, worm castings
This is the eigth installment in the collective blog series: Painting Our Black Thumbs Green. You can find other related posts in Veggies Squared. This blog meme is held in conjunction with Christina of The Table has Shoes and Other Ambiguities. We’re both garden virgins, making this our first undertaking in producing edibles in our [...]
View Article compost, garden, gardening, Ko-Ko Pro, McEnroe Premium Organic Compost, Mel Bartholomew, organic, Painting Our Black Thumbs Green, POBTG, Seven Springs Farm, SFG, soil, square foot gardening, Travel, vegetable garden, vegetable gardeningThe seventh installment of “Painting Our Black Thumbs Green” features the construction of square foot boxes. These little 4×4 squares are the life and breath of the square foot garden. There’s certainly some considerations on lumber and construction methods. But remember, they’re really just a vehicle to hold the soil around your plants!
View Article 4x4 boxes, building boxes, Cedar, construction, garden, gardening, Home Depot, Loudoun Lumber, Painting Our Black Thumbs Green, POBTG, pressure treated wood, SFG, square foot boxes, square foot gardening, tools, Untreated Pine, vegetable gardening