Before (2011) and After (2012) Photos of My Veggie Garden

[jerryinfla]

Here are some before and after photos of my attempts to create a garden plot in my backyard. I took the before pics last September and the after pics today. Since last September, I've created nine 4'x 8' bordered beds with 3' mulched pathways between them. Soil in the beds is heavily amended with spent mushroom substrate topped off with compost that I made from kitchen waste, shredded leaves, seaweeds, spent mushroom substrate and garden debris.

Last year photos:
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This year photos:
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The three empty 4' x 8' beds all had stuff planted in them earlier this year, crops have been laid by and I'll be planting onions, garlic, and parsnips in them soon. Young plants in some beds are southern peas, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and sweet peppers. The old plants in the center bed are eggplants and bell peppers which I removed after I took the photos. I'll be planting collards, cabbage, carrots and Brussels sprouts soon. Vegetable gardening here in central Florida is a year long growing experience with vegetable production of some sort all year long. I'm still trying to learn what does best in the various seasons and what we like to eat best but I guess that will be a forever process .