Saturday, March 28, 2009  Strawberries Ahoy!  Today we picked up
the materials needed to build our raised beds. This year, we are
trying out the Square Foot Gardening (SFG) method because it
makes sense to me (mostly. I am still skeptical about everything
only growing in 6 inches of "soil".) and it seems easier to
build raised beds than working our heavy, clay soil into
something that can sustain plant life. Grass barely grows! And,
it seems like the next logical step from the container gardening
we did last year.  Tomorrow, weather permitting, we will be
constructing these beds (to be blogged) and, because I'm an avid
planner, I started to map out what can go where. So far, my "to
plant in ground" list includes, pending plantlet survival, (some
herbs will be in pots so they can be over wintered indoors):  7
basil plants 1 rosemary (to be bought) 2 parsley 9 hot peppers
(yes, this is a ridiculous amount. We will not grow this many
next year) 4 sweet peppers 1 bergamont 1 lavender 6 tomatoes
And we've got 3 b