Not very well, actually.
We had some success with our summer harvest this year. We ate some tomatoes, a few green beans, cucumbers, and our onions did very well.
But there were many sad moments. Mostly due to squinnies (which most other people call "ground squirrels"). They burrowed under our fence and ate all of our snap peas and most of our beans. We made the fatal mistake of not planting any marigolds this year (which deter the critters).
Today, we gutted the whole thing- took down the weed infested chicken wire fence and ripped everything out. Next steps...till it up and construct one raised bed for winter harvest. At spring, put up new fence and build the rest of the raised beds.
HOWEVER, we are very enthusiastic about this fall and spring's planting. We are going to build raised beds and use the square foot gardening techniques that Ben has researched and know about for years but have not yet implemented. We are going to keep things simple and plant what we like to eat.
Here are our goals for our new garden:
To make dill pickles (which we did last year but not this year)
To freeze bags of pesto (same story as above)
To try strawberries and potatoes for the first time
Prune our tomato plants to one stalk each
Use raised beds for the majority of our space
Plant marigolds
Make our garden a more aesthetic place to be :)
Plan for next season's garden. This fall we plan to plant garlic and spinach in the bottom left bed.
Gutted. Ready to be tilled.
Another view. We are blessed to garden in the back yard of some of our most beloved friends. Thanks Bakers! (And Grace Baptist Church)
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