Garden Beds

May 22, 2012

The Garden Goes On

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So as June approaches. the Dacha continues to plant and plan. Here in our sun room we are overflowing with starts. We’ve got all your basics – tomatoes, cucumbers, beets – but also some experiments like luffa (for sponges!).

The beds in front of the house are all done and we’ve put in as much as we could cram into them.

Here are some more beds in front of the pond. I’m hoping that this stuff won’t get eaten by creatures. My dad in New Jersey is battling a groundhog that’s had a lovely dinner for the last few weeks, and I don’t want the same for us. Wish us luck.

I really like these new beds. Don’t ask about the old garden – it’s a mess of dandelions. And, yeah, we’re working on it. But having everything close by and in view is such a good idea. You are reminded that you need to water or weed these guys every time you look out the window. And the sunlight bounces off the front of the house and keeps everything extra warm.

May 12, 2012

Permaculture Plan – Our Garden Beds

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So recently the Dacha has been working on a new permaculture plan, thinking about our Zone 1 and how we can get food closer to the house. In the last few years we noticed that things were growing really well right in front of the windows so we made some new beds.

What started out looking more like Dacha graves, soon took on a better look. Here is our first bed:

Danila picked up some black locust wood – a truck full of odds and ends which made pretty sweet boxes.

Thanks to our visitors, Lauren and Brian, we took a day to cut and put it all together.

This snake was watching us lazily from the pond rocks!

Well, we were goofing off a bit…I mean, we were just measuring the beds to see how comfy they would be…yeah…

As of now, we’ve planted some broccoli, lettuce, kale, more kale, and beets into these babies. More to come as we make room for our many plants, which I can’t wait to eat.