Friday, August 3, 2007
We’re Making Planter Box Gardens!
Mel Bartholomew has perfected planter box gardening with his Square Foot Gardening technique. Instead of traditional rows, a square foot grid is utilized. Mel asks, “How would you like a garden filled with beautiful flowers, fresh herbs and luscious vegetables, but no weeds and no hard work? No more heavy digging or all-at-once harvest. Less watering, weeding, and thinning. What's left is a picture perfect garden you will be so proud of.”
We have a friend who swears by Mel’s process and has had good luck with his plantings. He says all of Mel’s claims are true!
I’ve wanted to start a garden for some time now, but haven’t wanted to deal with all the unknowns. That’s the beauty of Open 2 Anything, though. We help you along the way, answer questions you might have, and challenge you to do most of the work.
Redwood, Cedar, treated vs untreated wood? Forget that madness, we’ll have all the supplies purchased beforehand and ready to go when you arrive. We’ll even send you home with your own bag of soil (Mel’s Mix.)
If you’re afraid to use power tools, someone will assist you. If you’re game, you’ll learn to use a chop saw, table saw, and power drill. It’s really not that difficult!
2ft X 2ft planter box will run you $10.00 (including soil mix)
2ft X 3ft planter box will run you $15.00 (including soil mix)
Need a box bottom for the patio? That will be another $2.00
The boxes themselves are damn cheap to make ($3.00 - $4.00)
It’s the soil mix that is rather expensive. If you want to skip the soil mix, we’ll figure out a fair price for your box. No worries!
So, we’re really going to need to know who’s coming to this Happening. I need to purchase the correct amount of lumber and mix. Please email me with the number of boxes you wish to make, the size of the box, and if you want our soil. (I recommend you use Mel’s Mix.)
We’ll be providing drinks again, but if you’d like munchies, it would be great if you brought something to share.
Again, I’ll email you directions later. Our Happening is in Montecito Heights on Saturday, August 11th from 10:00 – 4:00. You won’t need to spend too much time here, so feel free to stop by when you’d like.
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7 comments:
OH! I am so in!! I have wanted to raise my planting beds to get away from the gophers. Dang them.
this sounds like fun but it looks like im not gonna be able to make it... too much on my plate with a wedding, birthday, and other things. hope you have fun and hope to see u soon!
thanks for showing us how to make those planter boxes! you were asking about vegetables to plant.i found this planting guide where i bought some seeds today and it says for our area..aug.you can plant chinese cabbage, cauliflower..more towards sept you can plant beets(nature's candy!), broccoli, carrots, chard, endive, garlic, lettuce, parsley, parsnips & some peas.
kari, You may or may not have luck with some of those seeds. Here in socal, its still too hot for cabbage, cauli, chard and the like. We don't plant those in our square foot(x32) garden. You probably will do better with small plants of tomatoe, peppers and herbs till late October or November. Are you looking in the Sunset Western Garden book and in your correct zone? Be careful on trusting the seed packet seasons...you may miss out on your $.37 investment.
BTW, I'm Mike's landscaper brother in San Diego.
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