You may have noticed that it has been quiet on the blog for a few days. Not that we have been lazy, but lately as the weather is getting nicer we are spending more time on the vegetable garden in the back.
Since we have said that we will focus most of the garden stuff on our other blog, selfreliantyuppies.blogspot.com there are more recent posts there. But we figure reworking the garden is also a major part of the farm so here is a quick summary of what’s been going on:
Last weekend we got busy and started constructing a compost bin. We basically started that project since we came across a few pieces of a chicken coop and instead of just throwing them in the dumpster we actually pulled out the power tools and got busy.
Then we continued our fight against the slugs and believe it or not, our triple play strategy (beer traps, cornmeal and handpicking) have shown results already. There are by far less slugs out there than when we started.
Yesterday we finally began working on the garden for real. We staked out the paths, and the foundation of the greenhouse to the way we wanted it. This sounds easy, but it took us much longer than anticipated. They tell you to take detailed measurements and draw out a scale plan for your vegetable garden and if you only take one piece of advice from this website – do it! It keeps the headaches to a minimum. Our yard is very crooked so we had to “Mac Gyver” our original layout a bit, but ultimately we are very happy with it now.
Today the fun part began for hubby (I cleaned the car since we are going out of town for easter weekend) – digging the paths! We want to make the beds raised and have a gravel path between the beds, and that requires a trench wherever you see grey in the picture above. Hubby got about half way done today and we will finish the other side as soon as we return from our little vacation, these will be a little more difficult as that side needs a few plants to be transplanted.
Of course there is a more detailed description of these activities on the gardening blog we write, just click here to get there, or follow the links above.
