How does your garden grow? Our square foot garden update

Our square foot garden is growing like CRAZY!

(One of our sun flowers is somewhere between 9 and 10 feet tall! I think we need a ladder to measure!)

The cauliflower is growing....

We have PUMPKINS growing vertically!!!!

Fresh broccoli is also on the way!

I would have never imagined that crowding things in a square foot garden would be so productive!

Look at all of these fresh tomatoes!

We've already harvested a couple of cucumbers, summer squash, and beans!

YUM! Yeah for summer, and yeah for square foot gardening!

Comments

Unknown said…

I love your garden. We didn't get ours planted in time but I am planning to have a fall garden :)

July 15, 2012 at 2:09 PM

KEEN Recess Team said…

Love the idea of a square fot garden! This is a great project that any family could try. I'm writing on behalf of the KEEN Recess Team. Recess is a rallying cry for kids and adults to take a break from the daily grind, get outside, and create their own playground. Thanks for sharing your stories!

Have a great summer!
KEEN Recess Team

July 20, 2012 at 6:11 PM

rachelle | tinkerlab said…

That's amazing, Amy! I'll have to give the square foot garden a try next spring. Thanks for the inspiration, as always!

July 29, 2012 at 6:04 AM

What Would You Do With It? Wednesday #4, Cardboard Tubes (Toilet Paper, Paper Towel, etc)

Welcome to this week's edition of What Would You Do With It? Wednesday. This week's item(s) are paper tubes. You most often find them at the end of a roll of toilet paper or paper toweling. I'm having trouble hunting up the photos I was going to post for this, so when I find them, I will add them. We have made: rain sticks kaleidoscopes marble runs and we have also cut the tubes and made them into flowers or snowflakes like these. If you would like to visit and link to some of our previous What Would You Do With It Wednesdays, please click here.

Making Moon Mud!

We usually make our moon sand with cornstarch , sand, and baby oil. However a blog reader commented that when they make their moon sand- they use water instead of oil. So, of course, my first thought was- why make moon sand when you could make MOON MUD? And so you have it- our homemade moon mud! Basically, it ends up being a sandy- runny oobleck! It acts kind of like a solid- and kind of like a liquid..... Now, I'm sure I will get all kinds of questions on the exact recipe and proportions to make this stuff..... The truth is, we rarely measure. We just mix it up until it looks and feels about right! Today, we made ours with too much water. (It was an experiment.) So, we removed some off the top. After we were done playing in the mud- we let it sit. A little bit more of the water evaporated while we napped.... Then, this afternoon- It was perfect! Hard as a rock on the bottom, until you dig into grab it... Then....

Easter Egg Caterpillars!

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