Gardening Season is upon us!

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Hooray, things are finally starting to happen in the garden! So far we have all this planted:

Lettuce

Garlic

Strawberries

Potatoes

Peas

Carrots

Beets

Swiss Chard

Kale

Broccoli

Basil

Zucchini

Yellow Squash

Peppers

Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Radishes

Dill

Tarragon

Lemon Balm

Chamomile

Hard to believe that we have so much planted in our tiny little backyard, but that's the beauty of Square Foot Gardening! Since we only need a few of each plant (ok, so we have 80 garlic plants but who's counting???) it makes sense to devote one or two squares to each plant. The method is amazing and it WORKS!

This evening I picked a whole bunch of romaine lettuce leaves - I now have more than enough lettuce for the next few days. The beauty of lettuce is that you pick only the outer leaves and the plants just keep producing. And the taste is outstanding to say the least. We have a lot of strawberries that will be ready to pick in the next week or so, so I will be making a wonderful salad with all that romaine and some fresh strawberries. I'll make a viniagrette similar to a raspberry viniagrette - but with strawberries -- to splash on the salad. You don't need much and the taste is so fresh!

Don't forget to check out my husband Michael's blog; he's a certified Square Foot Gardening Instructor and knows his stuff. http://afewsquarefeet.com/