My garden plan...

[smwon]

We just moved to our new place and I finally have decided how I want to set my garden up. I thought I had better make my final decision because it has to be tilled up within the next 3 weeks.

Each square = one foot.

I have decided I want dwarf fruit frees within the fenced area and I may put a top bar bee hive in there among the fruit trees… there will be 6 fruit trees eventually, but not this year. The 3 bin compost will be in the corner near the gate.

There will be 9 full size 100 sq. ft. beds and three beds that equal 100 sq. ft. So in essence I will have ten 100 sq. ft. beds. How many of those beds I will use this year I am not sure, but probably four or five. I will plant the unused beds with some kind of cover/manure crop so they aren't left empty. I have been thinking of broadcasting some kind of grain in them. That won't get me as large of a crop as would planting in precise spacings, but would be a good way to do it quickly and I will be able to pretty much forget them, except to water, until harvest.



So what ya think?

[justskint]

Very nice. You could fit my entire house and garden in that space, what a luxury. Green with envy.

[Wombat]

That looks really good Linda! I'm jealous off all that space too! Maybe you could post some photos?

Nev

[smwon]

I haven't tilled it up or anything. There is still corn stocks from the previous owner. But yes, I suppose I could get a couple pictures and post. The area is about 33 ft by 65 ft.

I'll go take some pictures now.

[smwon]

Very nice. You could fit my entire house and garden in that space, what a luxury. Green with envy.

Could I really? wow that would be a very tiny house and spot!

[smwon]

Here they are…everything inside the fence will be removed and then tilled up.

The garden taken from the house. The big black tank is an irrigation tank. The water comes from the river.



The end of the garden



Looking through the gate



And this is the building we are going to refurbish for the goats, chickens, and rabbits. I am getting two Nigerian Dwarf doe kids around July… so we have our work cut out for us getting everything ready



A picture of the river looking out our living room window

[marshlander]

Lookin' good. I'd put in another cross path 'cos at 30 ft long you'd be tempted to take a short cut rather than walk around. Plus 15ft is a long way to rake compost etc that you've tipped at the far ends of the beds.

I've got wider paths between mine but that's 'cos I have a wider behind too!

Have you considered training fruit against the perimeter fences?

[smwon]

That is a good idea... I did think of putting some raspberries along the north fence.

[kiwirach]

wow, how lucky you are....thanks for sharing the photos...its great to see places other people live/garden in.

[Millymollymandy]

It's much easier to visualise seeing the photos as well (lovely views!), and great having the fencing already there!

That first bed when you walk in might just get in the way of all those plots running in the other direction. I know it would annoy me especially if I was going in there with the wheelbarrow. I think you could get rid of that one and just have the others a bit longer.

[marshlander]

It's much easier to visualise seeing the photos as well (lovely views!), and great having the fencing already there!

That first bed when you walk in might just get in the way of all those plots running in the other direction. I know it would annoy me especially if I was going in there with the wheelbarrow. I think you could get rid of that one and just have the others a bit longer.

or move it against the fence maybe

[smwon]

I did think of that... but there is 5 feet (or 1.524 meters correct?) between the fence and that bed. I think I will leave it as is if now and change it later if it annoys me to much.

[Wombat]

Nice photos Linda, your place looks really great!

Nev

[smwon]

Thanks Nev...

I discovered, to my dismay that the garden area is 28 feet not 33 feet. But tis ok, just means I only have four trees instead of six… so I worked the plan out again and had to go for 5 x 20 beds instead of 4 x 25. I still have 1000 square feet of actual space to garden in,

Here is my revised version. I used a virtual garden program to work at it this time.

http://www.plangarden.com/main.php



*Edited to upgrade plan

[Millymollymandy]

Much much better - that's far more practical than the first plan. I'm going to have a look at that link now - it looks very clever!