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In the All New Square Foot Gardening book it mentions “hardening off” indoor grown seedlings before transplanting them. I kind of ignored whatever this mysterious phrase meant in my haste to get my transplants in the ground while I could still bend … but I think I’m paying for it now. (See my post about the sad onions). Anyway, today I ran into a post at another blog explaining this hardening off process. So now I feel a bit stupid - but better to learn late than never!

Here are the two great articles I found:

Hardening Off Transplant Shortcuts

and

Hardening Off Seedlings

Now to go figure out when to start my next set of seedlings…

Here is a list of my favorite sites/groups/blogs on SFG, compiled in the last 3+ months.

1. Square Foot Gardening - this is the official site of Mel Bartholomew. There are some great resources here including instructions, lots of cool pictures, faqs and supplies (see the catalog section). This is where I ordered my SFG’s. Sometimes the site is down - usually works by the next day.

2. Yahoo! Groups SFG Forum - I just joined this forum and really like it. Lots of newbies as well as Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a little chilly lately - not bad but definently jacket weather. I’ve been too lazy to try figuring out a cover for the squares I planted seeds in - beets & spinach - tried regular old plastic weighed down with rocks but it got too windy. Maybe I’ll just see what happens?

Here is a pic of my sad looking onions. I started these in the burpee self watering seed starter and I’m not impressed. Of course, watering them with soft water supposedly doesn’t help - but I also think they were overwatered. Anyways, thought I’d give it a shot - looks like a few will survive at least. Read the rest of this entry »

And here (finally) is my square foot garden - 4 2×2 boxes - Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe it’s because I’m in the fruit craving stage of my pregnancy but I’m starting to wish I could plant all my sfg boxes with strawberries! I have 5 squares already planted with them and 1 large container - and I’m looking for another one. I’d really like one like my Mom used to have - Read the rest of this entry »