5x7 Gardening

Maybe you have heard of the Square Foot Gardening trend going around. It is a great idea for people with little to no ground space to garden in. It is mostly a verticle garden, by the careful selection of appropriate plants, the ground space required is small but the bounty is still great.

Well, last night--after a family home evening lesson reviewing the story of the Little Red Hen--I got The Boy and The Girl and Genius Golfer to help me put in my 12 strawberry plants, 8 tomatoes, 4 bell peppers and 2 watermelons. All within about a 5 foot by 7 foot space at the south end of our house. They also trenched and buried a soaker hose for me to water the roots of everything.

Today it is rainy so the photo doesn't look too promising, so I will share the set up once the sun comes back out.

At least I can check the "gardening" line off my to do list. I am hopeful to get enough tomatoes to can them again this year. And the kids are hoping the watermelon produces enough to eat all summer. They are not, however, anxious for stuffed bell peppers for dinner, but I am!