So I'll get you up to date on my research and ideas as soon as I can. We've been very busy lately (ok... when are we not busy?!) and taking care of my seedlings is taking up time as well. So far, I have started bush peas, bush beans, vine beans, pumpkin, zucchini and morning glories. I'll post pictures of everything as soon as I get a chance and get the actual names of the seeds too. We've also purchased 2 2x8x10' and had two smaller pieces cut into 3ft lengths (I LOVE that they will cut the wood for you at the Home Depot!) pressure treated pieces of wood to build our new garden. It will be 3ft by 10ft when it's done and 8 inche deep! This new garden will be home to everything except the vine beans and pumpkins. Those will go in the existing garden.
The new garden is going to be built on the north side of our fence in the back yard. Our house faces West so the back yard gets full morning sun, however, the current garden is on the south side of the fence and gets shadowed by the fence for most of the morning. Hopefully this new garden placement will be better. We still plan on using the old garden for the pumpkins (which will probably consume the whole thing) and the vine beans so they can climb the fence. We are also hoping the vine beans provide a bit of protect from the neighbours weeds which continuously destroy our grass! We'll see if that plan works out or not.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
And so our adventure begins....
Darcy wanted to try to save money by growing some of our own veggies this summer. Nevermind the fact that he has NEVER grown vegetables or even gone to a pick your own farm in his life.
In the past, I have always grown just a few tomato plants and some herbs (basil and parsley) in a small makeshift garden along our one fence wall in the back yard. The first year we did this I ended up with 6 foot tall tomato plants with loads of tomatoes... so many I couldn't eat them all. Last year, was a different story... I had teeny tiny plants with hardly any tomatoes, my attempt at zucchini failed miserably and I eventually gave up on it altogether.
So with renewed vigour this year we are about to start on our brand new, expanded garden armed with more knowledge and confidence.
I have decided to keep a blog about my experience as during my research it has been suggested many times to take notes and keep records of what you did, what did and did not work and how you planned out your garden so you can refer back to it next year and learn from it. Let's hope this works and with a little effort, luck and co-operation from mother nature, we'll succeed in our plan and have plenty of veggies this summer and save a bit of cash!
Darcy wanted to try to save money by growing some of our own veggies this summer. Nevermind the fact that he has NEVER grown vegetables or even gone to a pick your own farm in his life.
In the past, I have always grown just a few tomato plants and some herbs (basil and parsley) in a small makeshift garden along our one fence wall in the back yard. The first year we did this I ended up with 6 foot tall tomato plants with loads of tomatoes... so many I couldn't eat them all. Last year, was a different story... I had teeny tiny plants with hardly any tomatoes, my attempt at zucchini failed miserably and I eventually gave up on it altogether.
So with renewed vigour this year we are about to start on our brand new, expanded garden armed with more knowledge and confidence.
I have decided to keep a blog about my experience as during my research it has been suggested many times to take notes and keep records of what you did, what did and did not work and how you planned out your garden so you can refer back to it next year and learn from it. Let's hope this works and with a little effort, luck and co-operation from mother nature, we'll succeed in our plan and have plenty of veggies this summer and save a bit of cash!
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