Because we only have a certain amount of space in our garden…and massive wants and wishes about what we want to grow there, we are doing some serious planning. We’ve got plans for our greenhouse already and want to start preparing to build everything next Thursday. Then the Tuesday after Easter we will pour the foundation which takes 3 days to set. In that time, we’ll build the framework and hopefully be able to finish the whole project before hubbers goes back to work the following week.
Today we measured the entire garden space and drew everything out. We’re rather certain now that we’ll have plenty of space to grow everything we’re interested in having and we can always change our minds about things the following year. Some stuff is a bit less common so we figured we’d break down the components of the garden in a few separate posts…otherwise this entry would go on forever. Hopefully in the following days, we’ll get all of them up. 😉
The garden will consist of:
- Vegetables – pretty much all of the veggies will be grown in the garden itself. We’ll start a few things off in the greenhouse and continue to grow things like lettuce and tomatoes throughout the winter in there, but most stuff will be grown in the dirt.
- Fruits – several of these are trees and bushes but a few odd ones like cranberries will be a bit more of a challenge to grow.
- Herbs – we have a long list of herbs that we want to grow so we’ll have a couple of herb growing areas. Plus a few of them are sprinkled around the roses and other plants already.
- Loofah & Aloe Vera – we’ll try the loofah outside with the cucumbers and beans…but the aloe vera we’ll try in the greenhouse or perhaps even the house.
- Tea – we’ll need to reserve space in the greenhouse for this one.
- Mushrooms – these won’t actually be growing in the garden but more likely in a stone room in the barn.
- Chilies – these will also be in the greenhouse. We’re a bit nervous about what might be able to cross pollinate with them so things could get interesting.
We’ve drawn up the layout of the garden which I’ll try to scan later so everyone can have an idea of what we’re working with…
