The first step was to go up to the garden, pen and paper in hand, and sketch out a rough plan of the garden. Most of our beds are concrete and so are permanent installations. The perennial bed in the centre of the plateau and the asparagus beds are also permanent installations. Our original wooden beds have just about outlived their purposes and are rotting away. Two half barrels will also have limited life. Then there are tire stacks which can be considered transitional as well.
Sketch done, I made a better job of it in the house and scanned the result. Then out came the seed packages to make sure I have everything accounted for. And here's the result:
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| Gardening Plan for 2015 |
One half of the asparagus bed will be dug up this year as it's nearing the end of its productive life. These were our first asparagus plants and are about 15 years old. We'll replace them with new plants and then next year or the year after, do the same to the other side of the asparagus bed.
Beds 10, 11 and 12 will be dismantled after this growing season and at this point we're thinking of replacing them with 3 4x4 concrete beds. Between 11 and 12 there's the top of a massive rock which prevents us from constructing one long bed.
I've left one 4x4 bed and 2 tire stacks empty at this point as you always forget something. And in half of the compost bin this year, I'll grow Waltham Butternut Squash. They should be very happy!
So that's the plan. We'll see if I actually follow it!
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