Square Foot Gardening — Week 10

The tomatoes are getting nice and big now. Unfortunately they’re still green so we can’t eat them yet, but I’m excited at the thought. I just need the heat to hold up a little longer. The peppers and eggplants are flowering right now, I still don’t think they’ll make it this year.

We harvested all the beets and green beans from the middle box. I took the green beans for lunch at work along with some beets and enjoyed those. The box is now empty and the squirrels are having their way with it. I’m hoping to cover the box with the poultry wire I bought. The broccoli and cauliflower will likely make their way into this box
soon.

The swiss chard and lettuce are well overdue in terms of harvesting. I regret not picking those and eating them earlier. They are both significantly more bitter now, but hopefully cooking, at least the chard, will make it edible. Once that box is freed up, I’ll likely put the cabbage and brussels sprouts in there.

The last box contains fabulous smelling basil that I chop up every so often to enhance my tomato salad. The cowpeas should soon be ready for consumption.

Box 1

Tomatoes

Box 2

Eggplants and bell peppers

Box 3

Green beans and beets

Box 4

Swiss chard, lettuce and mesculun

Box 5

Chives, basil, onions, cucumber, artichoke, bell peppers and cowpeas