The rain stopped long enough for me to enter my garden for the first time tonight!! A busy week kept me away from my first and worst task...weeding! I was able to take inventory of what had been left by the previous gardener. There wasn't much aside from some random pieces of wood, some trash, an old rake and a broken hose. I also tried to get a more accurate measurement so I could finalize my garden plan. However, there were still too many weeds in the way - but my current estimate is 31' x 12' - a very good size! If forgot to bring a compass so I could figure out the directionals, which I need to plan my layout. Taller crops should be on the northern side of a garden so they don't shade the rest of the crops. Fortunately, the map on www.fenwayvictorygardens.com fortunately had the compass rose.
I weeded for about an hour and a half - until it got dark - getting through about two thirds of the garden. Luckily most of the weeds came up easily but they seemed to never end! The gardens were pretty quiet but I had a single chickadee kept me company.
Post weeding...with still more to do!
All the weeds I pulled from my garden - three wheelbarrows full!Next on my to-do list:
- Finish weeding (of course)
- Complete garden plan
- Cover entire garden with a weed blocking fabric
- Build and assemble raised beds
- Create "Mel's Mix" (mix of compost, peat moss & vermiculite)
- Buy plants & seeds
- PLANT
- Fence repairs
All the weeds I pulled from my garden - three wheelbarrows full!
2 comments:
I am soooo jealous of your gigantic plot! and I wish I was as deliberate about a to-do list as you, since I think we're going to have trouble down the road with our "free-spirited" approach. Time will tell, I suppose!
Here in Wyoming, we grow weeds the best! Come July they take over your garden!
That's why I switched to SFG. I even have a weed count on my blog! Each day I pull a few weeds... that's it! Yeah!!!
Now... if I can just get my pathways done!
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