Garden seems to be coming along nicely.  I try to get out to prune at this stage around 3 times a week or so.   I have a list of things I have to figure out over the next week or so:

a.) Whats the easiest way to build some type of compost pile box/enclosure.
b.) Figure out how I am going to create some type of trellis for the peas.
c.) Figure out what I am doing wrong with the banana peppers
d.) Devise some type of cool and/or geeky water delivery mechanism for the box

Let's run down the list:

a.) Whats the easiest way to build some type of compost pile box/enclosure.

Growing up my dad always would stake off a decent size area with 4 x 2 poles and then surround those with chickenwire.  These areas were always pretty close to the house (no one wanted to run to the other side of the garden to toss stuff onto the pile after dinner) and within easily food-chunkable range.  I don't want anything near as big as what we used to have but I do want something so that I can start to let some stuff compost now to use as compost at the end of this season or the beginning of next.  I had read somewhere that people sometimes build "cubes' out of old wooden  dock pallets and utilize the inside of that.  Although that sounds like a great idea with some decently readily available materials, it still sounds a little too big.  I am thinking more of a 4' cubed space would be all I need for 2 or even 3 4x4 boxes.  Still thinking on this.

b.) Figure out how I am going to create some type of trellis for the peas.

The peas are starting to get to a height in which I need to start thinking about some type of trellis for them to attach to.   Some type of per square enclosure that sits on top of the grid sounds like the logical explanation, but with the fact that within the 1' x 1' square I have 16 different plants leads me to think some type of dowel rod system might be the best option.  Not sure how much thin ones would cost, nor if they would stay up, but I might experiment with 1 of the 4 squares and see.

c.) Figure out what I am doing wrong with the banana peppers

No clue whats up with my banana peppers.  The corn, peas and Lettuce in that box seem to be doing very well, I have no clue why the banana pepper plants have not taken off.   Will do more net research, maybe it is the climate, and location here in Ga that stifles them.

d.) Devise some type of cool and/or geeky water delivery mechanism for the box

I ordered this book, hoping to shed some light on self watering pots and irrigation system that I could adapt to the Square Foot Gardening technique.  Right now I have 2 small sprinklers that I have positioned in the middle of each box.  I want to do something more cooler/creative with the way I water the boxes.  Not anything expensive, something relatively cheap, but none the less something different than normalSFG Boxes.  I have two ideas that include drip or small spray lines either attached to the trellis itself branching from a Y adapter on the box.  One ideas is just too create a spray line with enough force to propel water down a specific row of the grid. 4 on 2 sides of the box.  Something akin to the vegetable sprayers you might see running above the produce section of the grocery store, but 8 of them (4 to a side) on two sides of the box.  the second idea is just running a small spray line across the already in place griding, which makes a ton of sense, I just wonder if it will get in the way of trellis (b from above) or if I ever needed to cover the boxes somehow from varmints.   I love saying varmints.

method 1:

method 2:

The Beer for today's gardening was:

Baltika #4 Dark Lager - 5.6% - European (Russian) Dark Lager 500ml 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltika_Breweries

Opinion:  It tasted a lot darker than it really was.  I honestly have no clue how long this bottle sat on the shelf, but it was certainly a darker dark lager in taste.  The Baltika #9 Pale Ale is on my hit list of beers to try.   The #4 wasn't a bad beer by any means, but I don't know if it was something that I would drink everyday if my only job was to sit on a corner next to the lotto shop in my jean jacket with a bunch of older other out of work people on the streets of Moscow and drink all day.   If I were doing that then you know all the other older Russian gents would probably make me leave because I would be whistling The Scorpions all the time and making really bad lyrical-geolocational jokes on the lyrics.

Headline, SFG w/B sfg