We've been having a lot of fun getting the food garden ready. I have big plans for it; I want it to be beautiful as well as functional. I think we got lucky in the past with our crop success because I know so much more now that I did then about organic gardening. With our Ferndale garden we just threw some good soil and manure in raised beds with cedar and called it good, and we got a pretty good return. For this house we're doing raised beds as well, with room for food crops as well as flowers and shrubs. I've been researching which flowers and plants to get to attract beneficial insects and bees, as well as looking into other methods of organic weed and pest control. If things go well we should have more then we can use do hopefully some of you will be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor :-) Since we've moved in I think we've planted about 50 plants or bulbs, not counting the seeds I started in the garage and our "greenhouse bathroom" downstairs, which is currently home to some warm-season crops like tomatoes and peppers. We decided to photo-document all our work, so here are some of our pics:
Why oh why does blogger do this? If you know, leave me a comment. Anyway, to the left are my babies: Arugula, carrots, broccoli, spinach, and radishes live here until it's warm enough to transfer the seedlings into the garden outside.
In the garage are the garden boxes Jeff has been working on constructing. We have eight of them- that's enough for a LOT of food! The Right: A close up of the seed starts, of course not rotated correctly. Grr. I hate blogger.The side yard, where the food garden is going.We're having to dig out what feels like half of this hill in order to get the boxes in and level. The soil's rocky, which is good for drainage, and we're bringing in good topsoil for the beds.
And now, some pictures of my little one! Here is she is at 4 3/4 months getting squeaky-clean. I c
an't even believe how sweet she is! I just love her so much.
2 comments:
I don't know why the pictures are sometimes sideways in Blogger. Usually it only does that if I tried to rotate the picture on my camera instead of waiting until I had the picture on my computer. But sometimes it just randomly does it and I don't know why.
Also, you are a superstar. My goal this year is to 1) weed my garden so I can plant things in it and 2) throw some seeds down and hope for the best. I'd love to do a full organic never-need-to-buy-veggies garden but do not have the energy. I wanted to blame this on working full time and having a kid, but you've kinda got me beat on that score, soooo... apparently, you're my hero :)
-Lisa
I recommend killing the weeds off by just throwing compost or something on top and smothering them. That'll at least speed the process up. What do you plan to throw in this year?
I hardly deserve any praise; I'm just enjoying the process of working outside and seeing it come to fruition. So, it's a hobby as well as functional. That and I have this desire for my kiddos to have an urban-farm-y upbringing (you know, living in the suburbs with a taste of country!) We'll see how this goes though.
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