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| The raised bed garden on Aug. 23, 2014. |
The harvest from our raised bed
garden is nearing its end. We’re still getting a few cucumbers, but other
plants have died, wilted, or been pulled up.
It was a season of adventure and
disappointment. We didn’t get the tomatoes we wanted—blight took most of them.
And we didn’t get any broccoli—green worms got those plants.
But we got plenty of two types of
lettuce, lots of cucumbers, peppers, and onions. We felt the pleasure of
working soil. We enjoyed the excitement of watching something grow from seeds—watching
that process will never get old.
And we learned a lot.
*Decide early on if you’re going
to use pesticides or go organic.
*Don’t plant too much, too close
together.
*You will have to thin some
plants.
*If you buy plants, buy early and
buy the best looking ones you can find.
*Get a good gardening book.
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| Seedlings in April 2014. |
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| Raised bed garden on May 10, 2014. |
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| The addition of tomatoes on May 19, 2014. |
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| Raised bed garden on June 15, 2014. |
This fall, we’ll be working on the
soil in the bed. The topsoil that we bought for it was supposed to be great for
planting. But we found that it contained a lot of clods of dirt difficult to
break up. And the soil got too hard once it dried.
Larry has already worked up one
section with materials including peat moss and perlite. We’ll do the rest this
fall and add some composting type materials to it, too.
And I plan to learn more about
organic gardening and have supplies on hand early next year.
All in all, it’s been a rewarding
experience. And like all farmers, we hope for a better crop next year.
If you have a garden, how did
yours do this year?
