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OK we have all been talking about the topsy turvey.. tomatos.. so I do know that containers will grow in some type of container.. But can I grow my tomatos in big ole pots.. I just got a bunch from my MIL.. kinda neat.. But now I need plants to grow in them.. I have lots of tomato...

Ok so after all the stuff about allowing the plant to get 7 inches tall to only letting it have 5 leaves at a time.. My little plants have lots of leaves but are only 3 inches tall.. so I added about 1/2 inch of soil. I will just keep doing this over and over.. today was the first day adding..

I am combining square foot with regular gardening . I am sure that I could get much more if I square footed the whole thing.. but I am using rows and raised beds . and finding little places for plants.. all over using square foot guides for places that I find...

I am going to start saving milk jugs... Can I possibly eat all those tomatos..??? I am expecting losses.. LOL then I am going to learn to can.. I have a friend that I am hoping to get to help me in exchange for recipes and tomatos.. for knowledge and sauce.. Then I will be giving away...

the jiffy tray has cells but they are three seperate little inserts that go inside the tray you can just pull them out..

It is level! and it is filling.. rather than fill in and then have to pack.. we just "scraped" more off of the packed dirt.. all the dirt left was packed.. but thank goodness it is level and the pool is filling.. I AM SOOO TIRED!! but it is done and I look out my window and now there is...

As you can tell in the picture.. it is not really level.. we THOUGHT it was just the area around the edges.. you know kids knocking the dirt into the hole by running around it.. We started filling the pool up after leveling the ring around it.. and the water ran to one side .. the ground...

I planted mine in little peat pods.. you know the ones that you pour water on and they swell.. They took forever... like more than two weeks.. some took past 3 weeks.. and they are heirloom seeds..

plant when most of the frozen ground is done being frozen. I put mine in the ground already and they are growing nicely..

I need more chickens ;)

we did one .. and everything was pretty good but the nitrogen.. so... what do you add for nitrogen?

from my other post.. I did plant some of this.. but I dont remember planting this much.. so .. I will let it grow.. somewhere :hu and then see what it turns into.. but it is NOT basil. smelled nothing like it.. but on a good note I did plant those little basils with my grapes .. they...

I love these.. I am going to try planting these today.. March 12.. I am hoping to get two seasons out of these.. lets all hope

Dill it is.. I direct sowed my carrots.. hoping that I can squeeze in one more season.. :fl doubt it but if nothing grows I will plant something else. :) off to crush some little leaves.. LOL

Ok I am 99% sure that these are both basil.. I have planted soooo many seeds.. But one is smooth and one is hairy.. They are both labeled sweet basil.. someone help.. I have gotten seeds from all over the country.. (kinda neat) so is one not a sweet basil? If not what is it? and is this...

I never thought about the weed seeds.. but there are quite a few plants in that garden

alrighty here are some updated pics. Pulled the pool into the hole yesterday... we have a little more leveling on each of the posts.. but we are in very good shape. We will start filling the pool and then backfilling.. and here are a few pics of flowers that have managed to bloom in...

You know we have been "dealing" with this issue too.. first of all our soil is very very sandy.. we did not have the added time or the extra money to purchase amendments this year.. so more will be added from the compost next year.. this year will have to do.. I have been going out and...

that is so cool you posted that.. guess what.. they were building a wire "cage" storage area at the church to house awana stuff for the kids and they used fencing around the outside .. so you can see inside but be able to put a lock on it.. just to deter people if you will... anyway...

I will do the same but I think that I am going to just do one... but my tomatos are not ready for transplant yet.. they are only like 3 inches tall with two little leaves LOL and I already have 67 tomato plants started .. I am going to try very hard to restrain myself when I go to the...