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Square Foot Garden – Raised Bed Installation

May 26, 2012May 26, 2012 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Back Yard, Projects, Tools, Vegetables

Three months after beginning a plan for our new vegetable garden and purchasing seeds,  and one month after  creating the square foot layout, and making the raised beds, we can finally get the vegetable beds prepared for the square foot method.  The tomatoes have been growing for over 8 weeks and are languishing on our deck, […]

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Square Foot Gardening: Building raised beds

April 13, 2012May 26, 2012 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Back Yard, Hardscape, Projects, Vegetables

The first set of plans for the garden included about 80 square feet of garden space among 4  4×4 raised planters, a 2×6 planter, and a 2×4 planter.  These just didn’t fit in the actual garden plot. Planters: So what we have this year are: 3 – 4×4 1 –  2 x 6 Total Gardening […]

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Spring in January?

January 21, 2012January 22, 2012 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Hardscape, Plants, Problem Plants, Vegetables, Weather

  There is nothing like a warm day in January to awake the gardening bug.  Colorado has had another one of those strange winters where the cold snap in January is non-existent and our mountain snow pack is ensuring water restrictions come summer. But what a lovely 60+ degree day to head out and do some […]

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Backyard To-Do List 2009

February 16, 2009April 3, 2010 Jenny Burris 1 Comment Back Yard, Spring To-Do List

The backyard only needs smaller – but as always, labor intensive work to get the yard ready for another year. 32 hours   Brick pathway outline – COMPLETE 04 hours   Patio raised beds — COMPLETE 01 hours   Filling low spots in grass 03 hours   Trim Apple Tree 2010 03 hours   Weed patrol — COMPLETE 20 hours   […]

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