Summer Square Foot Garden Bed

Summertime square foot garden bed in July

Everything has grown a tremendous amount in this square foot bed during the past couple months.  This is our original vegetable bed that we keep expanding each year.  It's big enough now that we need stepping stones to walk through the middle of it.  We've got lots of other garden beds now, so this one has become a good kitchen potager full of herbs, flowers, and vegetables.  Here's a list of what's growing here this summer:

Snapdragons

Poppies

Sweet peas

Alyssum

Kale flowers

Lavender

Calendula

Strawberries

Oregano

Sage

Chervil

Italian Parsley

Garden sorrel

Chinese chives

Basil

Thyme

Bronze fennel

Walla Walla sweet onions

Lettuce

Sungold cherry tomatoes

 

Just to give a comparison, here's a photo of the same garden bed in spring.

Springtime square foot garden bed in April

In this spring photo, it's easier to see the onions (many of which have been thinned out by now), as well as the stepping stones!  You can also see a good amount of spinach, a small row of shelling peas, some mustard greens, and the very beginnings of the kale plants.