I’ve been working on a virtual tour for those of you who couldn’t make it this weekend but still want a glimpse into my mad world. I gave up on the youtube since I can’t get the audio drivers to work and I’ve loaded some pictures onto flickr.
If you look along the right sidebar you’ll see a new photo set. I’ve typed quite a few notes about what things are and why I’ve planted them so closely together. I’ve tried to explain how I’ll be rotating things and how I’ll use that same space to grow constant carrots for nearly the next year, for instance, but to see it I think you need to double click on the show to be taken to flickr and then select “show text” or something like that. Hopefully I can figure it out for you tomorrow since I need to get to bed.
For now you can at least look at the pictures and see what a sparse spring garden looks like right now. There is food here and what is planted out will be a crazy amount of things in a few months but this is the lean period right now so there is a lot of dirt.
I just dug up almost the last of the winter crops and it will be another 4 weeks before the young salad greens are sufficient to feed us. Until then there is still some overwintered kale, lettuce, cress, arugula, mache and raddichio and the peas are just now ripening. We are eating a lot of indoor sprouts right now though. That brings a whole new meaning to container gardening…
Thanks again for opening your garden to so many of us last weekend — it was great to see what you’re doing and get some inspiration. Can you remind me of the name of the nursery where you got your dwarf fruit trees from. I think it started with an R… Thanks again!
Thanks for all the info with the pictures on the virtual tour. You’ve given me some new ideas for succession planting. I’ve always had a hard time with that for some reason. Your garden is very inspiring!
We learned so much from your tour and got some great ideas! I don’t know how much longer we can resist chickens but I’m trying to hold out for sanity purposes.
Fantastic pictures! I didn’t see the hops- we were going to get them this year, but haven’t. I wonder if it is too late. Do you know? I love the bamboo structure as well–especially as a place to grow beautiful hops!
You are definitely a lot more organized than me!
Wonderful! You have given me so many good ideas that I think I can utilize here in Wyoming. I love the way that you succession plant and how close together you put everything. And everything is so beautiful. I hope you can share again when you are further in the season and it is even more lush.
Thanks for doing this! I just got “Four Season Harvest” from the library today (wasn’t it you that recommended that?). It was so nice to meet you in person, and see your beautiful garden! You’ve given us lots of ideas as we build our own
Great blog! I live in SoCal on 1/10th an acre and thanks to the lovely weather, can garden year-round. My tiny yard can produce an amazing amount of food. We do still have lawns for the kids to play on (and the chickens like it too!) but nearly all other landscaping plants produce some type of food. 11 fruit trees and counting! It’s great to find people so dedicated to home-grown food.
Amy, thanks again for coming! I’ve gotten things at raintree and one green world, they both rock.
Sonja, thank you – I should have mentioned that I need to thin those carrots so I won’t leave them bunched up like that for long or you won’t really get anything but you can see how closely I’ve spaced the rows, essentially just leaving room for t-tape.
Tiffany, it was great meeting you and your husband! Quit holding off and get chickens aready… ;p
Meg, they are just starting up now so it’s not too late to get them. I had 2 kinds in the pots for the bamboo house and 1 more pot in the back growing up the shed. golden hops are prolific and lots of folks will give them away, the other 2 I bought from Bob at Bob’s Homebrew.
Millie, I will for sure. It takes me forever to resize images for blog posts but otherwise the pages won’t load for those with slower connections so if I just add more flickr streams that saves me tons of time! Even though I posted this around 2 a.m…
Myrnie, that is the one and I love it. I also love Fresh Food from Small Spaces although there is not as much gardening info and you probably already know what is there, it’s pretty straightforward but it introduced me to the concept of intensive orchard – buying fruit trees on dwarf stock to have more variety and maximizing every inch of your property including the driveway, the garage, etc. It was great to meet you and your husband too! You were Aunt Lolos’ sister, right?
Tamlynn, thank you! Wow, you have half the space I have but hopefully your climate makes up for it in not needing tons of airflow to prevent mildew that we get here from the near constant rain at times. Good for you! I think the average person buys 5 fruits & 5 veggies so you have doubled that just from your small lot.
I live in a city apartment, so I envy those who live in houses with their own garden that they can grow their own foods, even if they are just growing tomatoes! I look forward to your bountiful harvest months later.
Thank goodness you didn’t use Youtube. I have been having problems with it since a few weeks ago and have not been able to play any Youtube video from my end.
Thanks for sharing!
WP – I remember when I had an apartment with balcony and just wanted to grow things. Maybe your city has community garden spaces that you can sign up for? Or there are programs like urban garden share that match those with garden space up with those who want to use it. Just some things to think about. Otherwise there is always sprouting in your kitchen!