Days like today - sunny and 65 - are a tease. Yes, new plant shoots are green are continually growing outside (and inside), but we have a long way to go. We barely have any buds on the trees and I haven't seen anything flower yet.
To sedate my impatience, I've been planning....for months. Here is my up to date plan for the main garden.
The main garden will be a raised bed (about a foot tall) 10' long by 5' wide. There will be 36 1' squares for planting. In each square or series of squares, will be either one large plant (like a head of lettuce), a few medium-sized plants (like three garlic plants) or many small plants (like 12 carrots). The plants will be arranged for their companion properties. For example, rosemary helps feed the right nutrients to other plants, like carrots and garlic. Other plants are far from one another for the opposite reason: beans don't like garlic. The garden will be more dense than the typical row style garden. Lots of different plants are intermingled using up tall space and ground space, gaining nutrients from one another. Nasturtiums and marigolds are in the vegetable bed to help attract and detract the right bugs. At least that the plan!
Heath and I have been discussing our building of the raised bed. We've chosen a
plan from the This Old House website. At the moment we are researching the type of wood that we want to use and trying to price this all out. We are considering cedar, redwood, locust and fir. The latter two are less costly, but may be difficult to find. Any lumber buying tips would be appreciated!
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