September 10 , 2020
Square Foot Gardening
Well , friends , this is n’t the CTG fall time of year I envisioned a few months ago . I bet you sense the same way about how fall “ is falling ” in your sphere!At least September ’s annual cool atmospheric condition tease deflected the fourth hottest summertime on track record . Hard - baked soil , moistened by long awaited rains , institute forth Oxblood lily . Dubbed “ school lilies , ” this year they trumpet a new take on “ back to school ” for many parents . Covid-19 has n’t changed one matter : It ’s time to prep our coolheaded weather gardens . This calendar week , we get you back to growing with hearty groundwork gardens . Steve Bartholomew from theSquare Foot Gardening Foundationmeets with host John Hart Asher to excuse what they are , how to make them , and why they ’re so productive for home gardeners . When Steve join us in February on a swing through Texas , he told us that his daddy , Mel Bartholomew , pioneered the construct in the 1970s in response to discouraged gardener attempt to plant like farmers . Mel , a retired engineer , contrive raise hearty foot beds that need no fertiliser , avert stain densification and Mary Jane , and use less pee .
In the 80s , when he hostedSquare Foot Gardeningon PBS , the idea deeply rooted with gardeners who answer to the ever - grow commitment for organic nutrient . Square foot gardens are even more democratic today for gardeners with bad or piddling soil who desire organically grown , abundant harvests in even small spaces . In large yards , make as many as you like!In inner metropolis urban locality , these raised beds make it potential for families to grow and consume fresh , constitutive food . Here ’s the annualGreat Zucchini Racein New Jersey with the tastiest hot rods I ’ve ever seen!The preceding months of sheltering at place ( and now work / schooling from home ) rocketed kinsfolk gardening to operate busy deal and minds in a time - honored fave : getting filthy ! kidskin can really get into these garden sized for them . Here ’s a book to get your youngsters growing from theSquare Foot Gardening Foundation . To illustrate a Central Texas square animal foot garden , I pulled Ellen and Rick Bickling ’s Leander square pes garden from the archives . Since March , Rick ’s been partnering with the Square Foot Gardening Foundation on a fresh serial of video . Plus , see how Ellen and Rick ( The How Do Gardener ) handled seasonal flooding with a dry creek bottom . remark the fun picture material body garden art that Rick crafted to arrange up the privateness fencing . There were some twists and work to get this one out to you . On March 6 , we register Daphne ’s segment and Backyard Basics for an April broadcast . Before I could edit out the whole program , Austin PBS responded to “ stay at abode ” recommendations . Those timely section did n’t fit into September ’s “ right here , in good order now ” engagement .
looker come to the rescue ! Over recent spring and summertime , they netmail moving picture , videos , and stories to document how our neighbour from across the DoS are acquire beauty , find , and habitat . I hoard the stories ( more to come ) and Daphne recorded her script from plate on her earpiece , supervised by Augie , of course!Since we ’re heading ( safely ) back to nursery for fall planting , I slot in John Dromgoole ’s antecedently recorded segment that shows how to inspect roots for tidy flora . I signalise on for high upper fibre internet to care large upload and download video files . Once my power edit computer and all of CTG ’s video and graphics were installed at family , I was able-bodied to make out the program and broadcast to final editor program Paul Sweeney , who polished it off and upload for distribution to PBS place andPBS online . As I turned off the reckoner that dark , I sit back and said right out loud , “ Who would have thunk ? ”
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Thanks for stopping by ! See you next week , Linda
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