The Promise of the Future Part II (More Pictures)
Here are the rest of the pictures from the last post. We will start with the planter-boxes on the deck.
Next are the pictures of the Salsa Garden
I just loved the progression from bare earth to abundance in that series! Next we will look at the peas and the potatoes. Enjoy!
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| Peas and potatoes are in the pots. The peas are in the green pots in the foreground. The potatoes are in the white and clay-colored pots. Notice how there appear to be no plants in the white pot at all. |
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| Peas coming along nicely |
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| Training the peas to climb to the chicken-wire. |
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| Potato sprouts! |
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| The potatoes have had soil added twice now. |
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| Peas exploding up the chicken-wire. |
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| Potatoes exploding too! |
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| Peas are pretty don't you think? |
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| I transplanted these hot peppers in these pots. They are not doing as well as I would have liked, but we will give them time. Maybe they will still surprise us. |
Finally, here is the progression in the Main Garden Bed. It has been remarkable. I'm sure you'll agree.
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| Sprouts of carrots, radishes and beets. |
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| Sprouts of beans and squash share the bed with the blueberries and hazelnut. |
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| Beets and radishes getting a nice start. |
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| Radishes |
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| I choose to pack in the plants. That minimizes the necessity of weeding. |
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| What site in the springtime when nothing else was growing yet. |
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| Carrots coming up next to the beets and radishes. |
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| Squash and beans! |
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| The blueberries in front of the Black Turtle and Trail of Tears beans. |
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| Beans! |
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| Green Beans in front of the squash. |
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| Then things really started to progress. |
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| It still wasn't warm enough to plant the melons. I'm glad I waited. |
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| Open space in the garden will be utilized. However, at the start, it's nice to have little room to step. I wait until the initial spring weed rush is through as well as wait for other seeds to grow into transplants before I fill in all of the spaces. |
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| The hickory growing tall over the beans and squash. |
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| squash and pumpkins. |
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| Hazelnuts, blueberries and beans. |
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| beans and squash. |
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| Carrots, beets, and radishes |
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| Open space. Notice that there are some weeds. That was ground-cover protecting against erosion until I plant what I want to plant in the space. The "weeds" are actually valuable in that they also often have benefits for the soil. |
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| The Cherokee Trail of Tears bean is a pole-bean. That means that it's a vine and it will need a structure upon which to grow. |
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| The pumpkin before I got it under control. |
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| Finally the melons are sprouting! |
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| The poor transplanted tomatoes are wilting. The borage is sprouting under the carrots which along with the beets and radishes are getting huge and crowding each other out. That is less than ideal because it decreases yield. Sometimes pruning is necessary to get adequate sunlight to the slower grower. |
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| A further angle on the crowded beets and radishes. |
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| The transplanted tomatoes are looking much better here. |
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| Beans! |
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| The beans are blowing up here! |
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| The melons are filling in so it was time transplant the open area in the middle of the hugelkultur. I put in peppers that were getting blocked out by the tomatoes. |
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| Time to finally harvest those radishes. |
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| The space that is in the middle now has kale, dill, peppers, and a big fat dandelion. I will keep it in there until it's about to seed. Then it goes on the compost pile. |
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| Beans and squash getting huge. |
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| I transplanted an acorn squash next to the beets. There is a bit of morning and noon sun that was not being capitalized upon. |
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| Melons! |
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| A close-up of the kale and the lacinato kale. |
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| A close-up of the cabbage. |
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| A close up of the dill. |
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| What else does it need? |
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| Borage! |
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| Big carrot leaves don't necessarily lead to big carrots... we will see. |
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| Trail of Tears Beans! |
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| Squash and pumpkins |
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| We finally got out the radishes. The beets were stoked. We will harvest them in a couple of weeks. Then we will sow seeds again. We will do the same with carrots. |
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| Melons!! |
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| We added some marigolds to the garden to attract pollinators. I think they add a nice touch. |
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| The transplanted tomatoes finally need a rack! |
Well, thanks for checking out my progress. Till next time...
