2011 Garden Log

Setup

I continued to use the square foot garden on the ground but I also set up 32 buckets on the roof with a drip irrigation system. This proved fairly productive. I had the timer set to 10 minutes, 4 times a day. I think changing it to longer every few days would be better for the plants, help them develop stronger roots.

Seeds

• Roma Tomatoes 3.25
• Onion sets 12.95
• Garlic 8.95
• soybeans 4.95
• rutabaga 3.95
• leaf lettuce 3.25
• onion seeds 2.95

Total: 40.25

Try leaving a few onions in the ground at the end of the season, supposedly they multiply like garlic and the bulbs can be separated and planted the next spring.

I never ended up planting rutabaga, which is sad. Everything else did OK. I did get a late start on the tomatoes.

Yeild

Roma Tomatoes

1/4 bushel

Garlic

Most of the cloves grew, but they were small

Soybeans

Only planted about 10 of these guys and got about 7 soup bowls full - not bad.

Onioins

Mixed, a lot of them died out (weeds I think) and the ones that made it didn't get as big as I had hoped.

Plan

After I've pulled everything up (soon) I want to add 3 more gardens on the ground. I don't need the back drop (including the one I have).