This year marks 25 years of living and gardening at Fat Bottom Farm. It has been such a privilege and learning experience to know one piece of land so well. Above is this year's "cool garden" (so named as the garden area with the most shade and thus most favorable for those crops that like cooler conditions for optimum growth). The trellis is for peas (strings not yet up).
Moving North, or right, the foreground will be potatoes this year, the early irises are blooming on the right, and the raspberries are budding in the rear.
Moving North or right again (and so for the most of the rest of this progression), this is the strawberry patch I moved and started last year, bordered by irises on the left. Not evident is that they are full of bloom and I can't wait for June!
Next to strawberry patch is this year's melon patch. Winter squash will go in the rear.
This is the melon patch after the hot caps have been added for warmth and protection from the fierce winds that have been sweeping the garden this year, a very cool spring.
North of the melon patch are the tomatoes with summer squash in the middle. Walls of water are on the first tomatoes I planted and the others will have them by this evening. There are also peppers planted among the tomatoes. Sweet corn will be in the rear.
This is the path to the greenhouse, between tomatoes, flowers, and herb garden.
This year's enhanced herb garden with greenhouse in background.
Black Diamond watermelon in melon patch, compliments of friend Pwyll.
Sweet corn will be in foreground and asparagus bed is just beyond, windbreak beyond that. This is the north end of the back part of the garden, next to the greenhouse on the West side.
This is the Garden Pixie who is foreshadowing lots of great produce.
The gardener's feet.
The gardener's weeding and planting hand (always the left hand, though I am predominately right-handed - go figure).
This year marks 25 years of living and gardening at Fat Bottom Farm. It has been such a privilege and learning experience to know one piece of land so well. Above is this year's "cool garden" (so named as the garden area with the most shade and thus most favorable for those crops that like cooler conditions for optimum growth). The trellis is for peas (strings not yet up).
Moving North, or right, the foreground will be potatoes this year, the early irises are blooming on the right, and the raspberries are budding in the rear.
Moving North or right again (and so for the most of the rest of this progression), this is the strawberry patch I moved and started last year, bordered by irises on the left. Not evident is that they are full of bloom and I can't wait for June!
Next to strawberry patch is this year's melon patch. Winter squash will go in the rear.
This is the melon patch after the hot caps have been added for warmth and protection from the fierce winds that have been sweeping the garden this year, a very cool spring.
North of the melon patch are the tomatoes with summer squash in the middle. Walls of water are on the first tomatoes I planted and the others will have them by this evening. There are also peppers planted among the tomatoes. Sweet corn will be in the rear.
This is the path to the greenhouse, between tomatoes, flowers, and herb garden.
This year's enhanced herb garden with greenhouse in background.
Black Diamond watermelon in melon patch, compliments of friend Pwyll.
Sweet corn will be in foreground and asparagus bed is just beyond, windbreak beyond that. This is the north end of the back part of the garden, next to the greenhouse on the West side.
This is the Garden Pixie who is foreshadowing lots of great produce.
The gardener's feet.
The gardener's weeding and planting hand (always the left hand, though I am predominately right-handed - go figure).
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