A Vegetable Garden On My Back Porch
A Vegetable Garden on My Back Porch
Recently, I was a guest on Cory Farley’s broadcasting show on KBZZ in Reno, Nevada, to speak about my vegetable garden growing on my back porch. It’s called “square foot gardening.” Not as ambitious as our First Lady’s gardening efforts but still will harvest a load of vegetables.
You start with two 8 X 12 pieces of untreated lumber. You don’t want chemicals to leach into the soil. Cut in half. If you ask, the lumber business will probably do it for you. Now you have four pieces of wood, apiece 4 X 4, 12 inches width. Nail the pieces together to form a square—that’s your four square planting box. Set on a 4 X 4 sheet of plywood that you drilled three holes in for drainage. Set the planting box where you want to grow your vegetables. Fill with a mixture of topsoil and organic potting soil.
Before I start planting, I line three pieces of string down and three pieces of string crossways to divide the planting into 16 squares. I now start to plant: tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans, green peas, carrots and broccoli. I plant these vegetables because, not only are they my favorite vegetables, but I harvest so many that I freeze what I don’t eat. I am saving money by intake vegetables long after the growing season is over.
I freeze the tomatoes whole, uncooked, to use in recipes later. The bell peppers—green, yellow, and red—I wash, core, and freeze uncooked. The others I blanch in boiling water for a few minutes, and then freeze.
It really is so easy. Give square foot gardening a try. You’re not only saving money, but you’re intake the tastiest vegetables possible.
A breast cancer survivor with liver problems, Sandy Powers turned to organic foods to heal her liver and fight cancer recurrence. Her research, astonishing results, and recipes packed with antioxidants and immune boosters are in her book, “Organic for Health.” Visit Sandy and view her book video at www.organicforhealthsite.com
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