Well, lots of plans - I mentioned somewhere that I had to "reclaim" the yard. Before I moved in, the house was basically surrounded by out of control shrubbery and...weeds. No grass.
Every spring has been a struggle to beat back the weeds a little further and install some order.
My kitchen garden is fairly well set - in ground I have mugwort, two kinds of oregano, two kinds of rosemary, hyssop, feverfew, two kinds of catnip, lemon balm, horehound, and three kinds of mint. Various things grown as annuals - chives, basils (I usually have several kinds), cilantro, dill, blah blah.
Around the side I have three beds set into the clay filled with better soil for tomatoes, cucumbers (trellised), squash, watermelon (trellised) and borage. I'm going to try and find a spot for blackberries, raspberries, and pumpkin. We have full sun on only one side of the house, so it's a space issue.
The back and shady side (with trees), I'm planning on letting wisteria loose into another tree, a lilac bush by the back door, some ever green shrubs...it's going to come down to money, as I don't have a lot, but I made a list of shade loving perennials and annuals and hope to buy seeds for all of them this year.
Oh! and I put in a Japanese maple...we'll see how it survived the winter.
Every spring has been a struggle to beat back the weeds a little further and install some order.
My kitchen garden is fairly well set - in ground I have mugwort, two kinds of oregano, two kinds of rosemary, hyssop, feverfew, two kinds of catnip, lemon balm, horehound, and three kinds of mint. Various things grown as annuals - chives, basils (I usually have several kinds), cilantro, dill, blah blah.
Around the side I have three beds set into the clay filled with better soil for tomatoes, cucumbers (trellised), squash, watermelon (trellised) and borage. I'm going to try and find a spot for blackberries, raspberries, and pumpkin. We have full sun on only one side of the house, so it's a space issue.
The back and shady side (with trees), I'm planning on letting wisteria loose into another tree, a lilac bush by the back door, some ever green shrubs...it's going to come down to money, as I don't have a lot, but I made a list of shade loving perennials and annuals and hope to buy seeds for all of them this year.
Oh! and I put in a Japanese maple...we'll see how it survived the winter.
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