And…we’re off.
It does seem counterintuitive, somehow, to rip up happily growing lawn, toss it on a heap and then build a box around the scar on the lawn. However, unless you are our Guinea Pig, Binky, lawns are not food. Nonetheless, it does seem odd to me to totally eschew our backyard’s soil in favour of a rather pricey mix of stuff. But there you have it.
Binky
Square foot gardening is meant to be the garden one can place anywhere. I’m pretty sure I could plant a square foot garden on the roof of the car my father started to build back in the early 80s. You just don’t need the dirt under the box. In fact, we’re putting down weed block stuff to prevent the stuff that would like to grow in our lawn from poking up through and competing with what we would like to grow.
Mike spent many an hour between yesterday and today cutting, hauling, and assembling these boxes. I helped rip up the aforementioned lawn bits. If he hadn’t had to make 3 trips to the hardware store (on account of his poor estimating skills…at least when it comes to screws) we would have been done much earlier. That, and the fact that the car died in a parking lot and I had to go rescue him. It’s all good.
Tomorrow we’ll install weed block stuff (I’m sure there is a real name for it - landscaping fabric???) and rub our hands together with glee, envisioning the steaming heaps of compost, fluffy piles of peat moss, and dusty mounds of vermiculite. Munch on that, plants!
ready for fun
These look wonderful! Mike must have been exhausted after building these, especially on such a wonderful warm day. Don’t forget to plant some worms too!
Binky looks so cute.
Those boxes look great! At least it lets me know what I’m in for since I plan of doing some Square Foot Gardening myself. However, not being as adept at building and whatnot, I’m starting off with only one box. Are the boys helping Mike with the work now that the boxes are built?
Hi Gina!
The boys ARE helping, but their photos didn’t make the editorial cut, LOL. Clara is also “helping” hence my inability to always grab good pics when the kids are assisting.
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Great-looking boxes! Can’t wait to read more as the Spring and Summer progress.