The first garden in 2009 was a disaster of weeds and clay. Thanks to the internet and the many gardening books my research lead me to raised bed gardening and it's been a joy since. My family growing up always had a garden so when I married and moved to this home it was the natural thing to do. It's become a place of healing and better therapy then I ever imagined. It's constantly evolving and spreading and may soon include more of the front yard. Watch out neighbors!
Friday, November 11, 2011
New Blog about Garden
I frequently post on Facebook about my gardening but as many on FB know it doesn't lend itself to returning to a post once it's more than a few days old. And everything I read is always encouraging me to keep a Garden Journal. However, in today's multimedia "landscape" and since I'm often uploading pictures, watching YouTube videos for how-to, ordering plants on line and such, it does seem to make a lot of sense to keep a journal as a blog. I do write and sketch but I even do most of my garden layout online on http://www.growveg.com/ and entire home landscape so far on http://www.floorplanner.com/. So the online blog begins.
The other reason for this blog is to document how gardening has become one of my coping mechanisms for recurring fatigue, pain and stress. It has fed my soul at times I really needed an outlet. I believe digging especially to be highly therapeutic so I also dedicate this blog to the digging we do daily to improve our lives and the weeds and other toxic things and people we need to permanently remove lest they return again and again.
The other reason for this blog is to document how gardening has become one of my coping mechanisms for recurring fatigue, pain and stress. It has fed my soul at times I really needed an outlet. I believe digging especially to be highly therapeutic so I also dedicate this blog to the digging we do daily to improve our lives and the weeds and other toxic things and people we need to permanently remove lest they return again and again.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Lots of Clay
Being the only raised ranch or split level not sure what to call at end of block built ten years after all the other houses, our yard was I believe largely construction debris. And the soil is pure clay that is even blue in some places. WOW is it bad. Our grass isn't grass, it's clover, creeping charlie, dandelions, quack grass, crab grass and lastly perhaps some "normal" grass thrown in. But since I hate grass and want to eventually eliminate the majority of it, I'm focusing on garden first, landscaping second and then buffalo grass the rest when the time comes. So the first picture was 2009, I pulled up the whatever those were, collards? Planted the typical 8 row garden. WOW what a nice garden of weeds I grew. Ok that's not going to work So in the fall I double dug the whole thing. I buried 3 yards of leaves. Got to know my new neighbor.
Spring came and I looked forward to seeing the fruit of my labor. Soon as it rained? No better. Still huge standing water that never drained. Shoot.
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