SFG Square Foot Garden 2016 mid September update - Big pumpkin, Deer ate squash, Mint galore

Welcome to Humbleville, USA!! September has been beautiful in SE Michigan. The deer, however, has emphasized the HUMBLE in Humbleville. We will be considering putting up fencing at some point if this continues to be an issue.

We have only spread about 7 of the 10 full yards of FREE wood chips we took delivery on a month ago. Although it'll take quite a bit of human energy to get them placed where we desire, you can't beat the price. The project will include us laying down cardboard from reclaimed cardboard boxes to kill any weeds or grass, and then heaping a minimum of six inches of mulch on top. Not only will this help us keep the weeds and grass from growing in our gardening area, but as these wood chips break down over time it will actually recondition the soil beneath it, potentially increasing our usable and viable garden space!

The mint and chives are the crop of the season. Very easy to grow. We also harvested and ate the watermelon we grew which quit growing when it was under the size of a basketball. The crown jewel of the garden this year is the single pumpkin. Unfortunately the butternut squash we were looking forward to have been eaten by Muchie, the deer. The peas are done, but they were fun. And I'm not sure it mattered that we forgot to plan cucumbers this year as the deer have eaten nearly everything that we had growing on the trellis.

Another success? Container gardening! We didn't do the container tomato update in this video, but we show you a couple of our "porch peppers". We will need to consider doing more container gardening along with some sort of fence project in 2017.

Here are some thoughts on wood chips from our blog: http://www.humblevilleusa.com/?p=162

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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
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