Our vegetable garden.

November 2004 - present

I began making my squarefoot vegetable garden by laying
landscaping fabric directly on the lawn. Regrading the area
with mulch we have from cutting down three 40ft. Poplars.
I used 2"x8" cedar for the boxes and filled them with triple mix,
compost, and an organic fertilizer.
April 7, 2005.

This area will eventually have nine boxes, then I will make another
huge square of nine boxes with a 5 foot wide resting area between them.
Hopefully, next year I will build a fence around the vegetable garden.
May 6, 2005.

I eventually put a rabbit-proof cage over the top of each box.
I also added a second box to each box as the plants grew taller
and became smushed against the top of each cage.
July 12, 2005.

Sharing gardening stories in our vegetable garden with Linda and
Benny (my dad) on Verity's first birthday. May 22, 2005.

The first box I planted has strawberry in it.
April 22, 2005.

This is what the strawberry plants looked like in the spring.
May 6, 2005.

This is what the strawberry plants looked like in the summer.
July 12, 2005.

This is the first vegtable squarefoot garden I planted. Each square foot
is planted with something different. This box has: marigolds, broccoli,
bok choy, romaine lettuce, and green onions.
May 6, 2005.

The same box a couple of months later. The broccoli,
romaine lettuce, and bok choy were wonderful. Green beans,
basil, and onion are now growing in this box. Not bad for my first
year square foot gardening. Verity is passing me a vegetable marker.
July 12, 2005.

Haifa holding broccoli, romain lettuce, butter lettuce, and kale.
June 21, 2005.

Onion, parsley, beets, swiss chard, marigolds, and carrots.
July 12, 2005.

Onion, coriander, beets, romaine lettuce, butter lettuce, Red Russian kale,
marigolds, and carrots.
July 12, 2005.

Cantelope, tomato, and cucumbers growing vertically.

We built a teepee for the sugarsnap peas to climb. We filled the
middle with mulch so that the children could sit inside.

Verity standing in front of our monster zucchini plants.

What a harvest! Red Russian kale, sugarsnap peas, green beans,
monster zucchini and beautiful beets.

Raspberry plants in cedar boxes.

Raspberries beginning to mature.

Our young apple orchard. We planted 4 apple trees at the very
back of our yard even before we took possession of the house.