garden plans
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
A few weeks ago, I was clearing out one of the spare rooms at my parent’s house. The room has been used for a lot of different things over the years, guest room, my bedroom, storage room, art room, green house, and currently computer/storage room. Well in my work at reclaiming the functionality of the room I unearthed some things I hadn’t seen in a while. This drawing being one of them {click to see in detail}.
During the year of 2007, I had a bold ambition to have a huge garden—60′ x 60′ to be specific. I grew everything from seeds, so this extra room became the houser of all these little plants until it was warm enough to keep them outside.
It was this time that year that I began my planning. Here is a link to my purchase list, which was much trimmed down from what I would of really wanted. How should I know what I was getting into? What does a lot of work mean, until to you really experience it?
I have already begun my planning for this year. You see, last year we were pretty burnout on the gardening thing, as a result of over doing it the previous year. This year though, my sites are set a lot lower, plus I will be staying home, with the two girls, so that will make it easier to find the time.
Though there was still a rather plentiful garden grown—a complete sunflower patch. It was actually really easy. I bought a thousand seed pack for next to nothing, planted them all rather haphazardly, then waited and enjoyed.
My plans this year are focused rather differently. Instead of focusing on a single plot to grow from, I want to integrate gardening vegetables with other landscaping type stuff around the yard—flowers and tomatoes, what’s better than that? I’m also hoping that the sunflowers will have self-sown so that this year they will come back just as strong without any effort on my part.
No. 1 — January 7th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Aww yes. I distinctly remember those days (and nights…and afternoons…and evenings…) that we spent toiling in ye old garden. What a beautiful summer of growth (in more ways than one).Unfortunately though, you have failed to mention your gardening partner, remember her? If you have forgotten, let me remind you of that woman that mothered and cared for your tender sprouts that you planted, and lived an entire summer with the inevitable back pain that comes with gardening, whom supplied you with bottomless nalgenes full of water, and sweated next to you while getting burnt under the summer sun and watched YOUR plants grow. She was the one you traded content smiles with in agreement of your gardens beauty of design and fertility. Oh yes…your silent force. Your under-rated co-worker….she too, grew a garden that summer. I’d also like to gently point out the handwriting on the “garden plan sheet”….I do believe that is hers as well.
you totally owe her a tomato plant.
No. 2 — January 11th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
“you totally owe her a tomato plant” I love you guys so much, do you know that? *smile*
Sooo, y’all want to come help me plan & plant a garden at Nena’s farm? *grin*
No. 3 — January 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
i think you and my dad you should get together. he has had a constant garden ever since i can remember, and in that three or so times he has moved it has gotten bigger every time. his current garden is one acre, and had around 90 or so tomato plants last summer. about one tenth of it is reserved for sunflowers, and about two rows or so hold wildflowers. you and amber would be in heaven.
oh, and last year he planted his own mini orchard. did i mention he works about 10+ hours a day, six maybe seven days a week? if he can do it, you can do it. :]