Transforming the garden for 2010!!

So, this year, I decided to change the garden from one long bed into four 4'x4' square gardens with small pathways inbetween each one, and really embrace the square foot gardening technique.  In this photo, I have the first square done, with a temporary grid in place. I have planted seeds and marked them.  1/21/10

My kids are helping me clear out the "old" : the dead tomato plants form last year and all the weeds. And then we'll be ready for the "new"! 1/18/10

Whew! The big gardening bed is finally cleared...
1/18/10

And the tomato cages are neatly stacked....

And here's my giant mess that needs cleaning up! Oooh, fun!

The vine garden- as it looked in January 2010. It's needing some TLC before the planting season!











Whew- the bed is all cleaned up and turned.










Next, I divided out the space. The shape and space for this area is awkward, but I think I divided it pretty well by basic "square foot gardening" principles. I "placed" each crop into a square on a plan drawn on paper. Seeing the whole garden laid out beforehand made it easier and faster to plant the seeds in the garden once it was ready.


The vine & lettuce garden planted with all the winter veggies: lettuces, broccoli, and peas- January 18, 2010. The kids had fun poking the little seeds into the ground. The planting goes MUCH faster when you have a plan in place!