Farm Boy at Heart

This little piece of ground is what serves as a vegetable garden for me. It is small, about 7'x15'. I can't do much with it. I guess that is good, since I don't have much time to spend with a garden. I usually plant a few tomatoes and peppers. I always have a tomatillo plant or two. Not much work in keeping these going. I don't use much fertilizer and no pesticides unless there is a major problem.

Last Sunday (March 22), I cleaned and dug the little garden. I need to add some soil amendment - compost this year before I plant. I probably will not actually plant before May 10 as I wait for the soil temperature to rise a bit. The soil is not very good, since I started with the fill clay around the house and have added soil amendments to create a more acceptable soil.

I keep this location and small plot for several reasons: it is located on the south side of our house and get very good sunlight. It warms up quickly. Probably more important is that it is a bit protected from the deer that roam our neighborhood. They occasionally find the garden and do some damage, but I am amazed that they do not eat more of the plants.

We have a much larger yard with some very nice plants including about 50 azaelias. I'll add some photo as they come into bloom. I would put in a much larger vegetable garden, but the deer would take most of the produce and it would be a lot of work to upgrade the soil.

Next week we will begin to get the spring flowering trees including the cherry trees.

The little vegetable plot fills this the farm boy's spring urges.