Week 20 Square Foot Gardening
2 New Squares Planted Today!

by Bill Swingle
Aug 12, 2001


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Square 2 

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Square 3

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15 July garden plant:
radish, spicy mesculin, beets, regular mesculin, yellow and green bush beans, yellow squash, leave lettuce.

29 July garden plant:
collard grees, pak choy, romaine lettuce, bebb lettuce and basil.

12 August
From the seedlings in window planter I planted:
cauleflower, broccoli, cucumbers, cantalope, snap peas, cabbage, turnips.

 New Planting!!

We completed the planting of the 2 new square plots this weekend. You will notice in the final pictures a white powder all around the squares. This is diatomatious and is an organic method I use to keep the snails out.
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Harvesting some Swiss Chard		  

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11 August

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12 August

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Peas

 
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Pack soil around seedling
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