Wow, now I’ve met the rototiller, and I’m pretty tired from it. It’s a good thing I weigh as much as I do or there would’ve been no chance of me running it as it would’ve run away with me. As it was, I just did a few rows of the garden to try it [...]
I’ve been keeping a keen eye on the local freecycling list at Yahoo for materials I can recycle in the garden. As my budget for building the hardware needed to setup a specifically square foot garden is extremely limited, I need to use reclaimed materials as much as possible. I’m hoping the only costs would [...]
The thick red and blue border lines in the layout map correspond to a trellis in that space. All the indeterminate (vine) tomatoes are getting trellised, and the determinate tomatoes are getting caged. I’ll be trying out several types of trellising such as orange snow fencing secured on a metal pipe frame; metal frame with [...]
Here is the veggie planting layout map for the plot in Camrose….and also the key for which numbers refer to what plants. the garden is laid out in 1ft blocks. One I find out how big the community garden plot is in Edmonton, I’ll post a layout for that one too.
Step 1: Start seedlings….. Here’s how I started the seedlings and the equipment I’ve used: – 3x 4′ shop light fixtures with 2x 40w flourescent plant/aquarium lights each.- wire linen closet shelving cut in 4′ lengths, plus brackets for attaching to the wall- Various plastic trays and clear lids from HomeDepot and Rona to grow [...]
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