How much time do you spend pulling weeds in your garden?
How much time do you spend watering?
How tired of you of failed gardens in the past with all the work you’ve put into it?
If you aren’t using the SQUARE FOOT GARDENING METHOD, you probably spend 1-2 hours a week or more just pulling weeds. You’re working too hard for such little return!
It’s no wonder people get discouraged from gardening and end up tossing in the towel after a few weeks after not seeing results they expected.
But there is a better, easier, more reliable way to have a thriving home garden.
**Not to mention that you will use 80% less space than a traditional garden, use 90% less water, and still yield 100% of the harvest**
If you don’t think this is possible, then I will show you that it is.
This is the time to plant your spring gardens, and I’ll walk you through it.
All organic.
Save money.
Eat better tasting food.
Eat safer food.
Less work than you could ever imagine.
This is a pre-paid venmo class which will be held at my home-where you will learn and see the actual workings of a SFG. Class is 2 hours long, maybe a little longer depending on the walk through and questions and is $50 per person. We don’t cover the advanced techniques in this class-it’s just too much information to absorb. But, it will get you started on the right path to have the best garden you’ve ever had. For inclement weather I will reschedule for the next Saturday.
This will be one of the best $50 investments of your time because you’ll be learning a life skill. It’s something that can be passed down to generations for those wanting to do it.
Class size is a limited. I’ll only be adding attendees after payment has been made.
Contact me for further information:
jrt2020_2@msn.com
Upcoming classes:
2/6: Daybreak library: Growing micrograms at home. 7:00
2/12: CTEC (fee): Seed starting. 6:30
2/21: CTEC (fee): Seed starting. 6:30
2/22: Granite library. Growing microgreens at home. 6:30
2/24: Hunter library. The earliest spring garden. 10:30
3/13: CTEC (fee): Composting. 6:30
3/25: CTEC (fee): Composting. 6:30
Coming soon: Composting, Growing microgreens at home
Early July: The Winter Garden
Early August: The Fall Crop
At what point do you start to tie the plant? Our stalk isn’t high at all but the side shoots are about a foot from centre. Not sure I can attach a photo. Thanks for the post! I love the concept.
I start to tie the stem to the t-post as soon as it looks like its going to begin falling over. The t-post that I use for zucchini is only 5 feet tall. By the time I pound it in the ground it’s only 4 feet tall-perfect for your zucchini plant.
Great! Thank you. I think it may soon be time. And once a fruit comes it’s an idea to cut the leaves below it to reduce the weight on the stalk? Thanks and have a great day! Love this blog!
Deb-as you harvest zucchini you will notice that the fruit starts at the bottom and works its way up to the top of the plant. When I’m sure there wont be any more zucchini on the lower part of the plant I begin to cut the leaves away. It’s not really an issue of reducing the weight on the stalk as the t-post is plenty strong enough to hold all of it. The leaves start to look rather frazzled at some point and that is when I begin to cut them back. I’ll try to take more pictures of it during this growing season. Sometimes I just forget. Glad you enjoy the blog.
Do you have a far away picture of this along with tips on how to do it? This is my 2nd year doing square foot gardening in a raised bed and last year my zucchini and summer squash practically took over the garden covering 3-4 sq ft each! Please help me tame these wild (but delicious) beasts!
I think there is one in my photo gallery, isn’t there? Why do you want a far away picture instead of a close up picture? I can tell you from first hand experience and after doing it for over a decade, you can definitely plant zucchini in 1 square. You’ll need a green t-post that costs about $4. You’ll then need some velcro to tie it up to the t-post. About every 8″ you’ll use the velcro to fasten the stem to the t-post. They only get to be about 4′ tall. It works perfectly. I’ll plant 2 zucchini plants but will off-set them. My first one goes in right about now, and then I’ll start another one in about 4 weeks. That way when the 1st one starts to slow down I’ve got another one almost ready to go like crazy.
I’d like a far away one because I’m thinking of doing this on an old gas lamp post in our front yard. I want to be sure it looks good before I do because we’ve got some cranky neighbors who will call the city on us in a heartbeat if they think we’re turning the front yard into a garden. The leaves and flowers should be big and showy enough to look ornamental but I’d like to see how it looks overall.