2014 garden journal

[RootLoops]

here is our garden this year. i'll be using several different methods out here this summer including hydroponics later on. i've got a ton of free wood i'm going to get soon that i'll be using to make raised beds and borders, etc. i'm late planting out it seems like but i think we'll still get some stuff out of here this year.

here is a mini garden in a shady spot. there is a red bean, two cabbage, one buttercrunch lettuce, one squash, violets, cucumber, basil, thyme, marjoram, and sweet peppers



here's the worm bin, our old fridge



on the left are things planted in rows. corn, potatoes, peppers, a squash, a couple tomatoes i think. on the right are about 8 mounds i made and covered with a little hay and then some dirt. yesterday i planted tomatoes, basil, cilantro, catnip, purple dragon carrots, tigger melons, and peppers in here. some of these will grow up strings, i may get some cages at some point





the better boys i started in the closet



this pumpkin is growing from the kids compost pile



the kids market patch, whatever they grow from here they can sell at the farmers market down the road. i'll be adding more plants to it before long



patch of wildflowers



in the foreground is a strip of hairy vetch, beans and crimson clover. the vetch is crazy, i would have a lot more of the green manure crops i planted if i'd had a cover over it when i spread the seed, birds got a lot of it.

the triangle in the middle will be a fish pond that i'll use at some point for aquaponics. i'll raise shrimp in the bottom and fish in the top portion. it will be a lot deeper than this, i plan to have a shallow area and an end about four feet deep so it's going to take a lot of digging but it will be a while before i can get the parts for it







sage planted last year



some acorn squash i guess



mints



lemon thyme planted last year, it has beautiful flowers



squash mound, i thought these were white scallop but looks like they are acorn so i'll probably use the cord for a tomato to run up



corn, squash, and a tomato in this mound. the tomato is unknown it grew from the compost i mixed into the mound when i made it, it looked very healthy so i let it grow it'll be exciting to see what it is! there are mystery tomatoes all around