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May 23, 2014 by: Ashley Greenwood

Blooming Into Goodness ~ DIY Container Gardening

It has been two months since our family began acting like farmers and growing veggies in our DIY Container Garden. Our oldest son and I want to show you how our garden is Blooming into Goodness!

Blooming into Goodness by 3 Little Greenwoods

The original plan we followed recommended placing one, two, or even more plants per one foot square. We might need a little bit more space than originally planned. Make sure to check out how we built our container garden {here} then the planning and planting of the garden {here}.

See how crowded the bed has become already? It’s only the end of May!

kitchen gardening

The squash plants are one of the plants that have grown huge! They are vining out all over and have blocked the sun from several of the romaine lettuce heads. One of our favorite after school activities is to search for new veggies!

vegetable garden

Several of the baby squash have fallen off. I’m not sure if it’s because of too much water or not enough. Crossing our fingers the new squash hang on and grow big!
kitchen garden

The cucumber vine finally taking off after almost dying at the beginning of the season from an attack from aphids (or some other sneaky veggie eating pest).

“Look, Mama! Pickles!” Sweet boy will realize soon enough that you need to grow cucumbers first.

container gardening

Check out the tomatoes! We have such high hopes for these incredibly tall, blossom filled plants. They are taller than the Kid Created Garden Trellis the boys helped me build! Go {here} to see that fun child friendly project.

DIY container garden

So excited to see these small tomatoes growing!kitchen garden

These delicate purple flowers are pole beans. I think.

Someone (that would be me) accidentally threw away the seeds packets. Hush… don’t tell Honey. He wants a full report of which varieties grew the best at the end of the year.DIY container garden

So… how’s your garden growing? I’d love to see your veggies and hear your tips to growing an awesome garden!

Don’t forget to check out our other DIY Container Gardening Posts!

Constructing DIY Container Garden by 3 Little Greenwoods {3littlegreenwoods.com}

Constructing DIY Container Garden

DIY Container Gardening ~ Planning and Planting by 3 Little Greenwoods

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Garden Varmints! ~ DIY Container Gardening by 3 Little Greenwoods

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~ Ashley

 

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Comments

  1. 1

    Marie says

    May 23, 2014 at 10:45 am

    That garden is gorgeous! Hopping here from Freedom Fridays and following via bloglovin’
    Blessings to you and yours!

    Marie @ http://countedcrossstitchcafe.com & http://asatisfiedspirit.com

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      May 23, 2014 at 3:26 pm

      Thank you so much, Marie! Our family is truly excited to grow veggies. Crossing my fingers the children will be just as excited about eating what we grow!

      ~ Ashley

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    Madaline says

    May 23, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    Your veggie garden looks great! Can’t wait to see if the cucumbers grow and then turn into pickles! =). Found you via be.you.tiful !

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      May 23, 2014 at 3:25 pm

      Thanks so much for the comment love, Madaline! Hopping over to visit your blog now!
      ~ Ashley

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    Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home says

    May 23, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    Suzanne of Simply Suzannes at Home

    Hi Ashley!
    Your garden looks great! Love seeing so many vegetables starting to grow. YAY!
    Gardens can be so rewarding and fun!
    Our little garden is doing great too. We picked our first cluster of orange tomatoes this morning. I hope to add them to a simple pasta dish over the weekend.
    Thanks so much for sharing!
    Have a wonderful Memorial weekend,
    Suzanne

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      May 30, 2014 at 1:30 pm

      Hey Suzanne! We are growing orange cherry tomatoes and they are beginning to ripen. So exciting!

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    Heather {Woods of Bell Trees} says

    May 26, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    Your garden looks amazing! Gardens are sooo much fun for littles! Hehe “pickles”! That’a adorable! My little guy insists that we’re farmers…not quite though! LOL I will let him believe it though

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      May 30, 2014 at 1:31 pm

      Girl~ our ‘pickles’ are growing fast! I’m going to have to make some and tell everyone all about it! 😉

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    Jenerally Informed says

    May 26, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    Ashley it looks so fabulous, yay for all of your hard work blooming and growing!!

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      May 30, 2014 at 1:34 pm

      Thanks so much Jen! I am in love with your Mommy Reality Challenge. Hopefully I can remember to post and link up this week.

      ~ Ashley

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    Linda says

    May 29, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    Great work. Do you have a problem with those squash bugs that get inside the stems of the squash, pumpkins, etc? What do you do about that? Take care, Linda

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      May 30, 2014 at 1:35 pm

      I have no idea what to do about stinkin’ squash bugs! My sister-in-law says you have to split the wine open and dig/cut the worm out. Gross!

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    Marla says

    June 1, 2014 at 9:35 am

    Your vegetables look great. I think growing your own produce is one of the smartest things we can do for our health and teaching our children to do so is truly a gift to them. Thanks for sharing – love your pictures. Visiting from Homemade Link Up Party. Have a healthy happy day!

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      June 1, 2014 at 11:15 am

      Hey Marla! We have been amazed at how our children have enjoyed gardening and are totally willing to eat anything that come from our “farm”. Thanks for the comment love!

      ~ Ashley

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    Jodee Weiland says

    June 1, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    We have a similar layout and love it! Of course, being Italian and loving pesto, mine is overflowing with basil. Fortunately, we have two other areas, larger ones with more veggies. I love this time of year…thanks for sharing!

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    Simply called food says

    June 2, 2014 at 10:44 pm

    I just can wait to get veggies from the garden!

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    • 17

      3littlegreenwoods says

      June 2, 2014 at 11:01 pm

      My boys were yelling from the yard this afternoon about how many “pickles” we had grown! Too cute!
      ~ Ashley

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    Nicky @ Little Family Adventure says

    June 6, 2014 at 10:36 am

    You’re garden looks wonderful. I also use the SFG method and love that you can grow SO much in such a small space. My squash plants did the same thing last year (fruit falling off with rot at the end). In my garden it was end rot due to a calcium deficiency. I added powdered egg shells to the soil and that helps prevent it. This year I loaded the garden with it. I figured it couldn’t hurt. 🙂 I found you at the Pretty Pintastic Party. I pinned this to my garden board. Good luck with your garden. You’ll have be pulling all kinds of yumminess out of it very soon.

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    • 19

      3littlegreenwoods says

      June 10, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      Oh thanks for the tip about the squash needing calcium! I wonder if crushed egg shells would work just as well?

      Happy Gardening!
      ~ Ashley

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        Amy Flatten says

        April 24, 2017 at 10:35 pm

        Did you ever try this and how did it work out if you did? We had quite a few tomatoes that got rotten on the bottom last year! And those squash bugs… any tips on how to prevent or get rid of those?

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    Laura@Baking in Pyjamas says

    June 8, 2014 at 10:04 am

    How exciting to see your vegetables coming through. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!

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    • 22

      3littlegreenwoods says

      June 10, 2014 at 2:30 pm

      We are loving our fresh veggies! Thanks for the sweet comment and the fun party!
      ~ Ashley

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    euan says

    October 24, 2018 at 9:33 am

    I’ve never attempted to grow squash plants but after reading this article I’m going to give it a try!

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