Hello from Ohio

eaglescout94 3/15/2010, 12:36 pm

Hello all. I just sat in my first meeting about SFG and am excited to try something new in gardening. have some ideas for my first SFG but dose anyone have any suggestions on whats easist to start with? thank you to all the reply and hope to enjoy reading and try to reply to post when I can.

tessmick 3/15/2010, 12:52 pm

Hi eaglescout, and welcome to the forum!

I'm in MI, so not that from you in OH, so I can probably speak to this. I find most veggies easy to grow, but greens are probably the easiest. I grow romaine lettuce, spinach, kale, and mustards. Most of these are able to withstand both the cold and hot weather, and seem to do fine when watered! Since the Sq. Ft. method dictates that you are growing everything in great soil, there's no worries there. I succession plant most of these for most of the growing season, so I have them around for longer. And they all grow pretty quickly; I usually harvest the young leaves. If you like squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and beans, those are pretty easy to get along with, too, just requiring a little more work in planting than the greens. Most herbs are very easy and rewarding, for me, too.

I'm sure others will respond, so get you list started! Good luck! Hello from Ohio Icon_biggrin

eaglescout94 3/16/2010, 10:33 am

thanks for the reply I hope to get started soon looking to start simple with leaf lettus and carrots and small things like that. my little one want to do corn and potatos I told her lets start simple and and go on as we learn. dont want to just jump in when tring to teach my 7 year old. she is excited and cant wait to help in the garden.

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