2012 marked our first year growing our own vegetables. Last year we longed to have a garden, yet our property was still under construction with a big topsoil pile resting where our garden would be. We had sand for a lawn, hence, no garden.
This year, with grass so green, it called my name at all hours to go spread out the blanket and read a good book. So we dug in.
We stared with just he Garden Patch. We managed to squeeze in three types of tomatoes, broccoli, summer squash, zucchini, pickling cuc's and straight eights, radishes, carrots, peppers, green/yellow beans, lettuce and mescalin. It all looked so organized and put together in June. Holy jungle right now. All of the mound plants are creeping on each other, we can barley get to our plants to pick the veggies.
The blueberry bushes and strawberries came the week after the garden went in. We put the strawberries in old whiskey barrels, which looked cool, but did not function properly for the strawberries growth. Having my architecture background, i wanted a bush and a plant to follow each other around the garden to look symmetrical. Fast forward one month later, the robins are enjoying their breakfast on all, yes all, of my blueberry bushes. Total Fail.
Then two weeks after the garden patch went in, Jason decided that he really wanted corn, so we started that this year as well. That lead to trips to Agway, and discount pumpkin plants we just couldn't let go to waste, and so we had some pumpkins lining the corn.
Here is what we are thinking for next year. This plan includes spreading out the garden, to have all of the mound plants separate with ample room to roam and grow. We already moved all of the strawberry plants out of the barrels and placed them in a nice long row for next season's harvest. I think our plan below will provide much more room and better production for our gardens.
Oh how i love to plan and dream.
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