All BlogsPlanning & PlantingSeeds Growing Green Thumbs: Planting the Seeds of Fun and Discovery in a Kid-Friendly Square Foot Garden photo credits to Anchor Center Kids and gardens are a natural partnership. The great outdoors…Chris McLaughlinJune 8, 2023
All BlogsPlanning & PlantingSeeds 5 Unusual Herbs for Your Square Foot Garden Rosemary, basil, thyme, sage, oregano, chives, bay, parsley, and other recognizable greens, have a place…Chris McLaughlinJune 8, 2023
All BlogsPlanning & PlantingVegetable Tips Summer’s Sweetest Treats: Grow Melons Vertically in Your Square Foot Garden Raised Bed Plant small melon varieties to grow vertically. If you love watermelons, muskmelons, cantaloupe, or honeydew,…Chris McLaughlinDecember 3, 2022
All BlogsPlanning & PlantingSeeds Hardening Off Vegetable Seedlings For seedlings that began life indoors under lights, there comes a time that they will…Chris McLaughlinDecember 1, 2022
All BlogsHarvesting & Preserving Long Term Storage of Your SFG Potatoes, Onions, Winter Squash You did it! You grew your own food from teeny tiny seeds and now you’re…Chris McLaughlinNovember 21, 2022
All BlogsDIYMel's Mix ™ & Compost Small Yard? Make Our Easy DIY Compost Pile It’s easy to make your own backyard compost pile to add to your Mel’s Mix™…Chris McLaughlinSeptember 15, 2022
All BlogsVegetable Tips Daikon: A Bigger, Often Sweeter, Radish for your SFG Daikon is an easy, fast growing crop. Around the globe, daikon radishes are called winter…Chris McLaughlinAugust 26, 2022
All BlogsPlanning & PlantingVegetable Tips Keen on Green Beans? Grow Flavorful Vining and Bush Varieties Dragon Tongue bush beans. Photo from Certified Instructor Sigrid’s SFG garden. If you’re like me,…Chris McLaughlinMay 2, 2022
All BlogsDIYPlanning & Planting Trellis Tricks: Grow “Up” for Bigger SFG Harvests Stems of trellised fruits will thicken, don't worry - but some gardeners do add a…Chris McLaughlinMarch 3, 2022
All BlogsHarvesting & Preserving Quick Herbal Gifts to Make Now from Your Garden There’s an herbal gift for everyone on your list Do you have fresh dried herbs…Chris McLaughlinDecember 23, 2021