Here is the garden, at about 7pm shaded by the maple tree to the west of our yard. All six beds are built and filled (7 cu yd of soil), three cattle panel trellises have been constructed between pairs of beds, and 3.5 cu yd of mulch has been applied over the cardboard around and between the beds. Phew!!
At this point I have either transplanted or started in the beds over 20 cultivars:
- Tomatoes
- Basil (thai, opal, lettuce leaf, genovese)
- Peppers
- Eggplants
- Cucumbers
- Cantalope
- Honeydew Melon
- Watermelon
- Carrots (orange, red, and purple)
- Beets (red, yellow, and chiogga)
- Pumpkin
- Winter Squash (kabocha, delicata, honeynut)
- Spaghetti Squash
- Sweet Corn
- Lettuce (romaine, red ruffled, green ruffled)
- Potatoes (in grow bags)
- Sunchokes (ditto)
- Ground Cherry (in a big pot)
- Baby Bok Choy (green fortune, purple lady)
- Peas
- Beans (capitano, pencil pod yellow wax)
- Spinach
I've also been starting annual and perennial flowers. Out and transplanted are nasturtiums, calendula, marigolds, cosmos, and zinnias. Still growing in starter packs are yarrow, echinacea, daisy, rudbeckia, viola, and alyssum.
Did I mention the herb garden? In pots, some from starts I bought, some from starts I grew:
- Spearmint
- Chocolate mint
- Borage
- Sage
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Oregano
- Marjoram
- Chives
- Summer Savory
- Orange Balm
- Lemon Balm
- Parsley
