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Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
CharlesB wrote:When you measure the value of real estate not by the location or size of house but by the number of 4x4 square foot beds you can place on the property that will get full sun.
Caught myself doing that just this morning! I am in Sioux Falls for the week (the Big City compared to where I live) and driving through town I keep looking at all the little houses that would be cute to live in - except for the bad sun:box ratio!
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Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
You do a happy dance in the nursery upon finding the 5th ingredient for MM blended compost after searching for days on end.
bnoles- Posts : 804
Join date : 2012-08-16
Location : North GA Mountains Zone 7A
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
-A photo like this gets you excited:
- Your shoveling MM into your new box and get angry at yourself when 1/4 C falls over the side onto the grass.
- You scoop up that 1/4 C MM and place it lovingly in the box.
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- Your shoveling MM into your new box and get angry at yourself when 1/4 C falls over the side onto the grass.
- You scoop up that 1/4 C MM and place it lovingly in the box.
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
CapeCoddess wrote:-A photo like this gets you excited:
- Your shoveling MM into your new box and get angry at yourself when 1/4 C falls over the side onto the grass.
- You scoop up that 1/4 C MM and place it lovingly in the box.
CC
+1!
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Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
. . . you are a little annoyed with the rest of your life (son getting married, daughter, her hubby and baby moving in, house overflowing with things in transition, canning and making freezer jam of zillions of plums, and too many other things) getting in the way of being able to get on this forum because these people are my friends who understand me! Ok the wedding was actually great and my son married a very nice young lady and they are on their honeymoon and its mostly nice to have my daughter and family move in. But my house is still overflowing, the jars of plums are still on my kitchen counter and I am wondering where I should put them!
I needed to read these posts!
I needed to read these posts!
Triciasgarden- Posts : 1633
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Age : 69
Location : Northern Utah
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
...you dig through the "regular" trash for dryer lint, when you know you told everyone not to throw it there, so it can be put into your compost pile.
gregrenee88- Posts : 279
Join date : 2012-04-23
Age : 58
Location : Hanover, Pa.
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
When you ask for a togo container at a restaurant to take home your empty shrimp tails, crab, and mussle shells. Hubby still gets embarrassed when I do
cheyannarach- Posts : 2035
Join date : 2012-03-21
Location : Custer, SD
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
gregrenee88 wrote:...you dig through the "regular" trash for dryer lint, when you know you told everyone not to throw it there, so it can be put into your compost pile.
Gotta remember to use mine, good one!
Triciasgarden- Posts : 1633
Join date : 2010-06-04
Age : 69
Location : Northern Utah
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
when your 3 year old grandson runs to you yelling, "gramma, your compost is hot" LOL!!
southern gardener- Posts : 1883
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Age : 44
Location : california, zone 10a
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
Bump. cause we need the laughs. Be sure to go back to page 1
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Certified SFG Instructor- Posts : 4370
Join date : 2010-10-17
Age : 81
Location : wilmington, nc zone 8
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
You cheer when it's -20 - the wind is stirring up the snow enough so that the garden boxes that have garlic and multiplier onions are now safe and sound under about 2-3 feet of snow.
greatgranny- Posts : 661
Join date : 2012-05-25
Location : Central Minnesota - Zone 4
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
cheyannarach wrote:When you ask for a togo container at a restaurant to take home your empty shrimp tails, crab, and mussle shells. Hubby still gets embarrassed when I do
Tell him for you to stop it , he'll have to take your to better restaurants that don't do carry out's.
plantoid- Posts : 4095
Join date : 2011-11-09
Age : 73
Location : At the west end of M4 in the UK
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
When you absolutely love scooping up horse and cow manure to make your next batch of hot compost with... sick puppy I know!
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
When you try desperately to figure out how to disguise a worm bin from Hubby so that you don't waste a winter's worth (4-5 months of snow cover here ) of compostables because it is -20, with -50 wind chill and there is NO WAY you are going to hike through the snow to the outdoor bin!
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Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
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Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
Goosegirl,
I'm sure your Hubby loves you enough to let you have your way with the worm bin?
Face up to him and tell him you're doing it for him and your family.
On the other hand, be sneaky and 'fess up when springtime arrives and he never noticed a worm bin in the house.
I'm sure your Hubby loves you enough to let you have your way with the worm bin?
Face up to him and tell him you're doing it for him and your family.
On the other hand, be sneaky and 'fess up when springtime arrives and he never noticed a worm bin in the house.
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
Kelejan wrote:Goosegirl,
I'm sure your Hubby loves you enough to let you have your way with the worm bin?
Face up to him and tell him you're doing it for him and your family.
On the other hand, be sneaky and 'fess up when springtime arrives and he never noticed a worm bin in the house.
He puts up with most of my other hare-brained schemes around here, but an indoor worm bin could just be grounds for divorce!
GG
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
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Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
Goosegirl wrote:Kelejan wrote:Goosegirl,
I'm sure your Hubby loves you enough to let you have your way with the worm bin?
Face up to him and tell him you're doing it for him and your family.
On the other hand, be sneaky and 'fess up when springtime arrives and he never noticed a worm bin in the house.
He puts up with most of my other hare-brained schemes around here, but an indoor worm bin could just be grounds for divorce!
GG
Could you not find just a little corner tucked away somewhere? The furnace room maybe? Warm and dark and out of the way. Until the pipes burst.
It is easier for me as I no longer have a DH so I cannot really say that I would have gotten away with it myself but I like to think I would and that if he found out it would be OK.
If your Hubby threatens divorce, then you have to make up your own mind, him or the worms. In my case I would have given up the worms if he genuinely felt so bad about it and it was not a case of him being in control, but he was the dearest man and never ever thought to dominate me.
Currently I have my Worm Hilton in my living room, tucked away in the corner. No one has ever mentioned it. I must admit I would not go out of my way to point it out (only you here on this guest book know about it) because I realise some people will freak out and will be uncomfortable with thousands of worms in the vicinity.
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
If only! Hubby's office/computer room/man cave is in the basement, right next to the furnace room! Thankfully it is not a control issue, as he is the dearest, sweetest, mildest man I have ever known. But, it is an OCD thing and a would be a thoroughly disgusting thing. I am married to MONK! (Nature...DIRTY!)Kelejan wrote:Goosegirl wrote:Kelejan wrote:Goosegirl,
I'm sure your Hubby loves you enough to let you have your way with the worm bin?
Face up to him and tell him you're doing it for him and your family.
On the other hand, be sneaky and 'fess up when springtime arrives and he never noticed a worm bin in the house.
He puts up with most of my other hare-brained schemes around here, but an indoor worm bin could just be grounds for divorce!
GG
Could you not find just a little corner tucked away somewhere? The furnace room maybe? Warm and dark and out of the way. Until the pipes burst.
GG
PS - Yes, he gets the Sharona 'eyerolls' from me, and I have learned not to question the silverware count, just search out where I have left a fork or spoon!
Goosegirl- Posts : 3424
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 59
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
Goosegirl wrote:CharlesB wrote:When you measure the value of real estate not by the location or size of house but by the number of 4x4 square foot beds you can place on the property that will get full sun.
Caught myself doing that just this morning! I am in Sioux Falls for the week (the Big City compared to where I live) and driving through town I keep looking at all the little houses that would be cute to live in - except for the bad sun:box ratio!
GG
I don't even like sun at all -- or at least that used to be the case, until I took up gardening. My ideal imaginary house used to be deep in shady woods with softly rolling hills. Now it's flat, way too bright, has room for a greenhouse, and I care about water rights.
Marc Iverson- Posts : 3637
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Age : 63
Location : SW Oregon
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
...You look up at the cloudy morning sky and see a giant cauliflower.
CC
CC
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6811
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 68
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
Nice!
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
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Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
You bring the saved worms inside during the hot afternoon.
We're raising the beds and this tube was packed!
We're raising the beds and this tube was packed!
Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...
I am finding that wormy people are a very a compassionate and caring group.
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