Planning More Garden Spaces
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I had three lawn spaces around my house, which we bought over last New Years. Two of them are now gardens, and I'm currently digging up the third. The back yard produced a lot of zucchinis and pumpkins, and some tomatoes, peas and radishes. The main front lawn has beans, lettuce, cabbage, radishes, and maybe 1-2 okra plants growing. I plan to put 2-4 varieties of grapes in the space I'm working now, maybe with a structure connecting over a footpath (to the front door) to the eaves of my house, possibly to create a relaxing shaded area.
Zoning by micro-climates my
Yards' spaces, and then
Xeriscaping them to conserve
Water because of the drought, I can
Visualize neat straight furrows
(Under colorful vines
Trailing red, green, and purple grapes)
Saturated with various seedlings:
Radishes, squashes, sprouts, etc.
Quietly absorbing sunlight, and
Pushing roots deeper into my
Organically amended soil.
Nasturtiums, previously planted,
Misdirect insects away from my plants.
Ladybugs, and other predators, help
Keep down the hostiles that got through.
Jumping forward from Spring to Fall,
I can imagine picking tomatoes from the vines,
Harvesting football-sized zucchinis,
Gathering various root vegetables, and
Fruits from bushes and trees.
Eating unwashed sweet peas
Directly from their pods.
Cooking pies from mixed berries I grew;
Baking pumpkin bread or zucchini bread.
Agonizing again over what to plant next year.
Copyright © Mark J. Halliday | Year Posted 2015
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