Our veggies have grown big enough to move out and gain some independence! It's time to venture down to the bigger garden with the hopes that they will flourish and survive. Just to further explain "big enough," in my research I found that the tomatoes can be transplanted once 10" tall, (Ours were a little more than 1ft). The carrots, well they just looked like they needed more room. As for the zucchini, they were about to over flow their container and my research said they needed about 3ft spacing. The broccoli was also transplanted just for the sake of utilizing the bigger garden to maximum capacity. Our herbs will remain close to home.
First, the garden soil needed to be prepared. It was weeded and tilled by Kurt and our "friendlord," Kaveh. (It just so happened that I was conveniently working that weekend-what a bummer- heh).
The black plastic will prevent and weeds from re-surfacing.
Each veggie was planted and spaced according the the research from our blog post, Kneen St ASA: Background Check. As you can see, all like veggies were not kept together. This was a strategy given to us by Guy, from Guy's Eco Garden. The theory is that by inter spacing the veggies, if bugs or disease attack a plant it will hopefully prevent spread to the others, saving a portion of our crop.
The final product includes wire cages to help support the tomato plants. Now, the only obstacle we have is how to water the plants. Our hose is located at the very front of the house. So, for now I will be lugging watering cans back and forth to keep these veggies hydrated.
**Update: My Basil Herb Tea Spray is coming along. It has been sun brewing for 5 days now and the directions call for 7 days. Soon it will be ready to use! Stay Tuned...
Just to add a little more info: it's hard to tell in the first picture, but we had folded back the existing gray weed block fabric (it's not actually plastic despite what Jackie might tell you) only find that nice carpet of weeds growing. After we tilled (thanks to the neighbor for letting us borrow his equipment, which put ours to shame), we replaced it with the black weed block fabric (hoping the darker color will do a better job). Finally, we may not have followed to garden layout plan exactly (sorry Jackie), so in hindsight some things may need to get rearranged, but so far so good ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, we also bought and installed trellises (not pictured) for the four big tomato plants in the back.
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