I Wet My Plants

I’ve put in every plant that I want in my square foot vegetable garden and I have 27 empty spaces left. Here’s the layout:

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The two big gray areas are the walkways. I still have four types of carrots, spinach, turnip and some herbs to plant.

Here’s a pic of the left side:

The middle part:

And the right side:

I also have a lot of plants left over that I’ll be giving away at a plant swap this weekend. These include:

• 6 Suyo Long cucumber *
• 1 Black Beauty zucchini *
• 1 Sensation zucchini
• 3 Butternut squash
• 4 Caribbean Red pepper
• 4 Long Red Cayenne pepper
• 4 Amish Paste tomatoes *
• 3 Chadwick’s Cherry tomatoes *
• 1 Gardener’s Delight tomato *
• 6 Pomme d’Amour tomatoes *
• 1 mystery tomato (label came off, who knows!)
• 3 Mr. Stripey tomatoes *
• 1 Big Beef tomato
• 2 Juliet tomatoes
• a whack-load of lettuce

* heirloom varieties

When I first started planting vegetables by seed, I had no idea that it would be so successful. I planted 10 of each variety and crossed my fingers. Next year I will definitely cut back on the number of seeds I start so that I don’t end up with so many extras.