Vegetable Garden

 

When planning a vegetable garden, the sun plays a big part. I haven't really found a spot I like, so I haven't tilled up any ground. All in containers, this is my garden this year. Before we left on our trip, I covered everything with a net to keep the rabbits at bay.

I had put everything together in a tight little area to be sure it would cover everything. Yesterday I spent the cooler morning hours taking the netting off and making sure all the containers were where the sun cold hit them all. I realized the net was bigger than I thought it would be. I mean, I could have read the description on the package to determine this but this was more fun.

HeWho is my errand boy has been dispatched for some pool noodles from the Dollar and a Quarter Tree. My beans and tomato vines were growing through the net. This made it difficult to harvest any thing, not being able to lift the net easily. The pool noodles will create an arch over the garden and the net will lie atop the noodles. I should be able to lift one side up to weed or harvest.

I have tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, early sweet peas, water melon, potatoes, asparagus, basil and rosemary. The tomato vines currently have six green tomatoes and the cucumber is starting t flower. The early sweet peas has yielded about 6 pods. Most of the plants were eaten by rabbits. I usually just eat them raw, as I pick them. Next year I will net everything a lot sooner.

The whirlygigs help keep the birds away. This is located right outside my front door! Not ideal. The front door is the door to the screened in porch, then you enter the house through a sliding door that stands open most of the time. When we close the porch in to create a bigger living area, I want a proper front door.

By then I should have found an ideal location for my garden. I don't know if I want to till the ground. I think I might prefer raised beds in a U shape, at least waist high. I suggested a sunny area between the two sheds behind the carport and HeWho stared at me in amazement. "You do know that is where the septic tank is?" he says to me. "RAISED BEDS!" I answered. He still thinks I shouldn't have a vegetable garden there, well, just because.

The past few days have been lovely. The temperature has dropped into the 50's at night and gets up to about 80 in the afternoon. A constant breeze keeps things very pleasant and I have accomplished quite a bit working in the early hours of the morning and again in the evening.

Today I mowed my dog yard ad the area around it, plus the front yard. I will mow the sloping area around the She Shed this evening. I might even spend a couple of hours in the She Shed sorting and organizing.