DoozyWombat
Chillin' In The Garden
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Greetings, all!
We have our first vegetable garden in a number of years, since we moved to the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia last summer. We are growing heirloom carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, kale (which isn't coming up), a variety of lettuce, peas (which also aren't coming up), and three kinds of tomatoes (Amish Paste, Paul Robeson, and Brandywine.) We also have in the ground heirloom cucumber, zucchini, butternut, spaghetti, radishes (meat and Daikon), sweet peppers. Brussel sprouts and artichoke planned for the fall.
Also have two gardens planted for the chickens, for browsing variety, and several flower gardens.
We are removing a bunch of invasive trees, mostly Tree of Heaven, Osage Orange, and Autumn Olive, and we have planted 16 trees so far, with 4 more to plant this week. For each tree, we are planning to plant a "guild" garden around it, supporting both the trees and native wildlife.
It isn't in formal gardens, but we are trying to establish a bunch of different natives to replace the Asian Honeysuckle that strangles everything, particularly to support the return of quail. So far, we've heard one quail call once, and we haven't seen any. But we are hopeful.
We have our first vegetable garden in a number of years, since we moved to the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia last summer. We are growing heirloom carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, kale (which isn't coming up), a variety of lettuce, peas (which also aren't coming up), and three kinds of tomatoes (Amish Paste, Paul Robeson, and Brandywine.) We also have in the ground heirloom cucumber, zucchini, butternut, spaghetti, radishes (meat and Daikon), sweet peppers. Brussel sprouts and artichoke planned for the fall.
Also have two gardens planted for the chickens, for browsing variety, and several flower gardens.
We are removing a bunch of invasive trees, mostly Tree of Heaven, Osage Orange, and Autumn Olive, and we have planted 16 trees so far, with 4 more to plant this week. For each tree, we are planning to plant a "guild" garden around it, supporting both the trees and native wildlife.
It isn't in formal gardens, but we are trying to establish a bunch of different natives to replace the Asian Honeysuckle that strangles everything, particularly to support the return of quail. So far, we've heard one quail call once, and we haven't seen any. But we are hopeful.