Do we have one yet?
Perrenial beds with lotsa' herbs mixed in. Thyme, oregano, marjoram, cilantro, flat and curly parsley, dill. Rosemary, basil, strawberry and some tomatoes in pots. Cilantro also in some planters - it bolts very quickly here. I've got it coming in as a perrenial, some bigger and smaller plug into the dirt plants so it'll be ready at different times. As well in some pllanters so it can be moved around as the weather requires. I love the stuff - this ensures a pretty good replenishing supply for a good part of the year. The taller perrenial plants as they get larger/taller help shade some of the herbs so the don't bolt quite as quickly. Aster for scale.
Eversource fuckery - they stuck this pole here two years, saying it was to reinforce the stuff across the street. We'd get a more robust connection out of it in the end. They've not done shit with it since. I just sowed a bunch of nasturtium seeds around the base. We'll see how they do.
More potted stuff. Ferns and purple beared iris on the garage/junk side. Always shady/wet, and they do well there. Plus a sage plant that is barely poking above ground now, but gets bigger and bigger every year. Way more sage than we'll ever use. Drainage rock and sand for...
...finishing up the grill area bit. Eventually to be a 10x10 area.
Tomatoes in big pots, strawberry hanging, more basil. I've found the basil does better in pots here - the ground crawlies/bugs seem to leav it alone vs. eating the shit out of it when in the ground. Strawberry will eventually be around the deck as perrenial groundcover, but we have to finsh some paver work and wash/stain the deck this summer first.
Sugar snap peas, more irises, and a bleeding heart that gets larger every year. Got to get my trellis up. A couple jalepeno plants tucked in there not seen in the pic.
Two 5x12 beds. Beets, two radish varieties, two carrot varieties in the one on the right. It gets shaded out big-time by the two Koosah dogwoods, so those cooler weather things do better there. Left bed is several types of tomato, zucchini/summer squash, and cucumber. Fenced off bit -those dogwoods shade so much, nothing does well there. DSO loves digging there. In limbo while we decide what to do with the spot. We're thinking rock with a nice littel bench or something. Woodpile for scale. The fireplace is not our primary heat source. All from trees we had to take down anyhow. Nice to have it there and dry/ready as a backup
Arugula, mixed lettuces, Swiss chard, and some kale that just. Won't. Die. Shady spot - bolting prevention measure so they last a big longer. Plastic mesh because all the squirrels love this shit early on. Once it gets large enough to need the mesh removed, they seem to leave it alone.
Old stone chimney, naked hammock frame, experiment bed. Leftover seed gets thrown in here and we get what we get. My house was built in 1924 in what used to be the Snob Hill of my town. Supposedly this flat upper bit of the back yard was a tennis court.
Whatcha' got?
Perrenial beds with lotsa' herbs mixed in. Thyme, oregano, marjoram, cilantro, flat and curly parsley, dill. Rosemary, basil, strawberry and some tomatoes in pots. Cilantro also in some planters - it bolts very quickly here. I've got it coming in as a perrenial, some bigger and smaller plug into the dirt plants so it'll be ready at different times. As well in some pllanters so it can be moved around as the weather requires. I love the stuff - this ensures a pretty good replenishing supply for a good part of the year. The taller perrenial plants as they get larger/taller help shade some of the herbs so the don't bolt quite as quickly. Aster for scale.
Eversource fuckery - they stuck this pole here two years, saying it was to reinforce the stuff across the street. We'd get a more robust connection out of it in the end. They've not done shit with it since. I just sowed a bunch of nasturtium seeds around the base. We'll see how they do.
More potted stuff. Ferns and purple beared iris on the garage/junk side. Always shady/wet, and they do well there. Plus a sage plant that is barely poking above ground now, but gets bigger and bigger every year. Way more sage than we'll ever use. Drainage rock and sand for...
...finishing up the grill area bit. Eventually to be a 10x10 area.
Tomatoes in big pots, strawberry hanging, more basil. I've found the basil does better in pots here - the ground crawlies/bugs seem to leav it alone vs. eating the shit out of it when in the ground. Strawberry will eventually be around the deck as perrenial groundcover, but we have to finsh some paver work and wash/stain the deck this summer first.
Sugar snap peas, more irises, and a bleeding heart that gets larger every year. Got to get my trellis up. A couple jalepeno plants tucked in there not seen in the pic.
Two 5x12 beds. Beets, two radish varieties, two carrot varieties in the one on the right. It gets shaded out big-time by the two Koosah dogwoods, so those cooler weather things do better there. Left bed is several types of tomato, zucchini/summer squash, and cucumber. Fenced off bit -those dogwoods shade so much, nothing does well there. DSO loves digging there. In limbo while we decide what to do with the spot. We're thinking rock with a nice littel bench or something. Woodpile for scale. The fireplace is not our primary heat source. All from trees we had to take down anyhow. Nice to have it there and dry/ready as a backup
Arugula, mixed lettuces, Swiss chard, and some kale that just. Won't. Die. Shady spot - bolting prevention measure so they last a big longer. Plastic mesh because all the squirrels love this shit early on. Once it gets large enough to need the mesh removed, they seem to leave it alone.
Old stone chimney, naked hammock frame, experiment bed. Leftover seed gets thrown in here and we get what we get. My house was built in 1924 in what used to be the Snob Hill of my town. Supposedly this flat upper bit of the back yard was a tennis court.
Whatcha' got?
