It’s been such a whir around here the past couple of months I haven’t had a chance to write or post anything about a really important addition to our home — the new vegetable garden. We began clearing just after the first of the year. Originally we thought we’d have to clear a half acre or so but we seem to have been lucky and have achieved our desires with the cutting of a lot less trees.
We have photos of the stages of clearing and creating the garden, but there’s not time to present them right now.
This was taken the beginning of July and shows Molly standing between the two raised beds in the garden. To her right are the marigolds and standing even taller are the tomatoes. In front of Molly is the large bed with about 100 square feet planted with soybeans (Molly’s harvested the last of these recently and they’re drying on the porch before shelling). This large bed will be our fall and winter garden. Molly’s already planting seeds.
We’ll be having more about the garden and the new space we’ve cleared. It’s become a favorite of the cats and we now have a place where we can watch the sky at night in the summer. Plus we’re getting fresh organic vegetables!
More soon!