Welcome to my blog, my name is Adrian and I decided to create this "diary" in order to keep track of my progress as a I go along trying to organically grow the fruits and vegetables that me and my family consume. At first I tried writing down dates and taking pictures but as time goes by I find it more difficult to keep track of everything that happens in my little organic farm.
For now I will give you a summary of what I have done so far and later I will start adding as the days go by.
I started by creating a 3 x 3 (or almost) sq ft. raised bed in order to plant my first vegetables. This was done on October 25, 2016 with the help of my youngest daughter Emma and our Chihuahua Lola. In this bed I planted 3 squares of Spinach (total of 27 plants as per the Square Foot Garden method), 3 Broccoli plants and 48 plants of Radishes. The same day I also planted 8 pots with Papaya seeds.
On November 4 I decided to build a second box with the same dimensions as the old one using scrap wood I had from an old fence. This bed also has 9 squares where I planted 54 more Spinach plants and 3 more Broccoli plants.
For the most part they have been germinating nicely and it got me excited to keep on doing this so I went ahead and with the help of my dad built a compost bin (or fence) and a new 8' x 4' raised bed with cedar pickets (the ones you will use to put up a fence). In this bet I planted Garlic, Bush Beans, Beets, Radishes, Romaine Lettuce, Swiss Chard and Carrots. This was done on Nov 19.
These are the pictures. As I said before I am giving you a summary of what I've done so far but I promise to keep the posts cleaner as I go along and guide you through my thinking, my mistakes and my accomplishments.
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