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Here goes it!
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sherryeo
ander217
acara
madnicmom
Wreanne05
Old Hippie
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FarmerValerie
quiltbea
Furbalsmom
walshevak
nancy
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lovinlifew/3
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Here goes it!
Here's my first attempt at SFGing after previously container and row gardening. So far my plants are the healthiest I've ever seen this early in the season.
(2) 4' x 12' x 8"
The trellis stands about 5 1/2 ft and angles back toward the fence another 3 1/2 ft to make a tunnel for my kids to run through.
(2) 4' x 12' x 8"
The trellis stands about 5 1/2 ft and angles back toward the fence another 3 1/2 ft to make a tunnel for my kids to run through.
lovinlifew/3- Posts : 11
Join date : 2011-01-08
Location : Land O' Lakes, Fl
Re: Here goes it!
Gorgeous, gorgeous pictures!! I'm so very jealous of your garden at the moment. Mine is still flooded, but it is sunny today and it is supposed to get to 70*. I so desperately want a salad - your lettuce looks wonderful!
nancy- Posts : 595
Join date : 2010-03-16
Location : Cincinnati, Ohio (6a)
Re: Here goes it!
That picture is priceless.
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walshevak
Certified SFG Instructor- Posts : 4374
Join date : 2010-10-17
Age : 81
Location : wilmington, nc zone 8
Re: Here goes it!
lovinglife -
Thank you so much for letting us share in your new garden and the little sentinel guarding your lettuce while it is growing. I really like the way you used the trellis to made a little tunnel for the kids to run thru. It is a great way for them to enjoy the garden.
Thank you so much for letting us share in your new garden and the little sentinel guarding your lettuce while it is growing. I really like the way you used the trellis to made a little tunnel for the kids to run thru. It is a great way for them to enjoy the garden.
Furbalsmom- Posts : 3141
Join date : 2010-06-10
Age : 77
Location : Coastal Oregon, Zone 9a, Heat Zone 2 :(
Re: Here goes it!
loveinlif,
What a wonderful start into SFG. Your garden looks terrific.
I love the tunnel idea for the kids. They'll love it when the vines make that darling tunnel. Great idea.
That picture of the waiting child is priceless for sure. I hope you get an 8 x 10 made of this and frame it. Adorable.
Welcome to the SFG group. We are all here for each other and we all love to share pictures, both successes and failures to teach others.
Welcome,
quiltbea
What a wonderful start into SFG. Your garden looks terrific.
I love the tunnel idea for the kids. They'll love it when the vines make that darling tunnel. Great idea.
That picture of the waiting child is priceless for sure. I hope you get an 8 x 10 made of this and frame it. Adorable.
Welcome to the SFG group. We are all here for each other and we all love to share pictures, both successes and failures to teach others.
Welcome,
quiltbea
quiltbea- Posts : 4712
Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 81
Location : Southwestern Maine Zone 5A
Re: Here goes it!
I posted on another thread (SFG with kids) about a mom who gardens and blogs, and is on her second year of Kindergardens, a fun family way to get kids into gardening. If you have a blog and want to get your kids more involved in the garden this is a great way to do it, and to share pictures of the kids with family and friends far away.
http://sweetgrace.typepad.com/the_inadvertent_farmer/2011/03/gardening-with-childrenare-you-readyam-i.html
http://sweetgrace.typepad.com/the_inadvertent_farmer/2011/03/gardening-with-childrenare-you-readyam-i.html
Re: Here goes it!
Great garden. Love the fact that you went BIG! I made my 4x12 and those were the easiest cuts I've ever made to assemble a wood project that big. Keep us updated. I want to see your mature "tunnel."
BackyardBirdGardner- Posts : 2727
Join date : 2010-12-25
Age : 50
Location : St. Louis, MO
Re: Here goes it!
Thank you for all the compliments.
I will be sure to post new pics of the tunnel once my vining plants have started to climb.
FarmerValerie - I don't have my own blog but I will check out the Kindergardens on her blog.
I will be sure to post new pics of the tunnel once my vining plants have started to climb.
FarmerValerie - I don't have my own blog but I will check out the Kindergardens on her blog.
lovinlifew/3- Posts : 11
Join date : 2011-01-08
Location : Land O' Lakes, Fl
Re: Here goes it!
Awww......that little guy is so adorable. Kids are so precious and have such a wonderful way of looking at things. That picture is worth printing.
Your garden is amazing. Great job! And the tunnel idea is terrific. what a wonderful way to incorporate growing food and teaching children about it at the same time.
Best of luck and welcome to the site.
Gwynn
Your garden is amazing. Great job! And the tunnel idea is terrific. what a wonderful way to incorporate growing food and teaching children about it at the same time.
Best of luck and welcome to the site.
Gwynn
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Join date : 2010-08-12
Age : 73
Location : Canada 3b
Re: Here goes it!
That is just lovely and so sweet. All these posts with kids is really inspiring and encouraging me. Your boxes are great.
Wreanne05- Posts : 22
Join date : 2011-02-03
Location : Foothills SE of Seattle, 7b-8a Ecozone 2e
Re: Here goes it!
Thank you very much for sharing your pics. You have one cutie pa tootie there.
Love your layout.
Love your layout.
madnicmom- Posts : 567
Join date : 2011-01-26
Age : 54
Location : zone 6, North of Cincinnati
Re: Here goes it!
Here's my youngest waiting for the lettuce to grow.
OMG ...frame that picture (if you havent already) ....that's just priceless.
Also ...beautiful boxes. I'd give up an appendage to have the space to do boxes that big. Darn suburbia
acara- Posts : 1012
Join date : 2010-08-27
Age : 54
Location : Wesley Chapel, Florida (Zone 9)
Thanks and welcome
Thanks so much for sharing that precious picture.
Your garden looks wonderful! I can't wait for the updates.
Your garden looks wonderful! I can't wait for the updates.
ander217- Posts : 1450
Join date : 2010-03-16
Age : 69
Location : Southeastern Missouri (6b)
Finally an Update
Spring garden pictures Started end Feb./ March
Cucumbers growing on pvc trellis
Kids digging for potatoes. The ants started to eat them. So we had to dig them up early
Roma Tomatoes
Crazy squirrel eating my sunflower seeds.
Day neutral strawberries ordered from Burpee
Pictures of summer garden (currently what's growing)
Basil ( 1 of 6 huge basil plants still growing strong)
Bell Peppers planted beginning summer after I pulled up the squash
Okra The ants have been using these as host plants for the aphids and the ants just started eating the okra so now I am ready for battle
I have to re do my grid with string again. It held up until a month ago when the rain and heat took it's toll on the wood causing it to bend a little and the came undone so I pulled all of them up. I will be able to mix in so more mels mix and replenish with some compost more easily. I am going to come up with a way to still use string but make it removeable.
Thanks for Looking!
Cucumbers growing on pvc trellis
Kids digging for potatoes. The ants started to eat them. So we had to dig them up early
Roma Tomatoes
Crazy squirrel eating my sunflower seeds.
Day neutral strawberries ordered from Burpee
Pictures of summer garden (currently what's growing)
Basil ( 1 of 6 huge basil plants still growing strong)
Bell Peppers planted beginning summer after I pulled up the squash
Okra The ants have been using these as host plants for the aphids and the ants just started eating the okra so now I am ready for battle
I have to re do my grid with string again. It held up until a month ago when the rain and heat took it's toll on the wood causing it to bend a little and the came undone so I pulled all of them up. I will be able to mix in so more mels mix and replenish with some compost more easily. I am going to come up with a way to still use string but make it removeable.
Thanks for Looking!
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lovinlifew/3- Posts : 11
Join date : 2011-01-08
Location : Land O' Lakes, Fl
Re: Here goes it!
Love the pics, lovinlifew/3!!! I love the photo with the squirrel on the sunflower. I love the ones with the kids diggin' for taters! It makes me think of the first time my Dad (now gone) helped me plant my first potatoes as a young, newly married woman. Even as a grownup, I still love digging for potatoes - it's like digging and finding treasure!
P.S. - If you ever discover how to keep the ants/aphids off the okra, please let me know! I have that every time I plant okra!
P.S. - If you ever discover how to keep the ants/aphids off the okra, please let me know! I have that every time I plant okra!
sherryeo- Posts : 850
Join date : 2011-04-03
Age : 72
Location : Mississippi Gulf Coast Zone 8B
Re: Here goes it!
Thanks for sharing these great garden pictures. Lookin' good.
quiltbea- Posts : 4712
Join date : 2010-03-21
Age : 81
Location : Southwestern Maine Zone 5A
Re: Here goes it!
Thanks for sharing your garden pics. I like the tunnel you made with the trellis. My kids would love that! I've actually considered making one between a couple of beds just for fun using one of those cattle panel arches I've seen folks on here talking about.
I have a question about your roma tomatoes. I have a facebook friend that posted picking 56 ripe roma's from her single plant yesterday, and she estimated there were at least another 100 on the plant with 60-80 beginning to ripen and likely to be ready by next weekend. She's in Texas. Does that yield seem consistent with your plant? I've never grown them, but if I can get that many from one plant that sounds worth the space to me!
Thanks!
I have a question about your roma tomatoes. I have a facebook friend that posted picking 56 ripe roma's from her single plant yesterday, and she estimated there were at least another 100 on the plant with 60-80 beginning to ripen and likely to be ready by next weekend. She's in Texas. Does that yield seem consistent with your plant? I've never grown them, but if I can get that many from one plant that sounds worth the space to me!
Thanks!
Re: Here goes it!
What great pics! I love the tunnel idea! I tried a tent version (A-frame) for our school garden. This being my first gardening season, I made it way too small. You have inspired me to bigger. Next year...watch out! It's going to be bigger and longer, the cucumbers quickly out grew this one (this pic was back in June) and moved onto the chain linked fence. I used bamboo (which grows between my and my neighbors fence), twisty-ties and green plastic fencing from a big box store.
If I have the time, I may make a tunnel version going over the walkway behind the garden.
Our cantaloupes are also proving to do well over the chain link fence, so we may have them do the same.
This is not YET an SFG, but I am hoping to convince the 'higher ups' to add another six inch frame over current one and then convert...fingers crossed!
Thanks for the awesome inspiration!
If I have the time, I may make a tunnel version going over the walkway behind the garden.
Our cantaloupes are also proving to do well over the chain link fence, so we may have them do the same.
This is not YET an SFG, but I am hoping to convince the 'higher ups' to add another six inch frame over current one and then convert...fingers crossed!
Thanks for the awesome inspiration!
capatl- Posts : 63
Join date : 2011-07-02
Age : 48
Location : Atlanta, zone 8
Re: Here goes it!
I love your tunnel idea. How did you secure it to the fence? that coul dreally add more space to my garden
newstart- Posts : 335
Join date : 2011-11-22
Age : 42
Location : houston, texas zone 9
Re: Here goes it!
On each end, there are 3-4 zip ties attached together that wrap around the PVC pipe and the 2x4 rail that holds the fence boards.
Re: Here goes it!
thanks boffer, will put on my list of things to do
newstart- Posts : 335
Join date : 2011-11-22
Age : 42
Location : houston, texas zone 9
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