My backyard garden

[NutmegYankee]

The sunniest part of my yard is a slope with ledge close to the surface in places, so I have built raised beds over the last 8 years. This corner of the yard just squeaks out 8 hours of sun. Definitely a labor of love and my favorite part of summer.

[snacker]

1. Wow!

It looks great!

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Nice

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. You've got your own little garden/park back there. Nicely kept.

Good luck with the garden this year!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. I'm jealous

But I don't put out much effort anymore. I used to till 400 square feet, now I don't even run the tiller. Every year the plants drown, the deer, chipmunks, rabbits, birds eat the plants, the bugs devour the leaves. Not much is sprouting this year.

[NutmegYankee]

15. I always find something does well, and something else does poorly.

And it changes each year.

[Ohiogal]

5. Are those tomato and pepper plants?

[NutmegYankee]

14. Tomatoes in the back, peppers in the circular mini-greenhouses.

I have some dwarf style tomatoes in front, then a mix of peas, beans (bush and pole), squash/zucchini, cucumbers, and a few herbs. The two lowest beds, which have decent ground depth have sweet corn growing, but it’s only 1-2 inches right now.

Greens bed has lettuce, spinach, carrots, leeks, and broccoli.

[panader0]

6. Where's the javelina?

The endless supply of cottontails? The malicious roadrunners that jump the fence and eat everything?
I try very hard to garden here in So Az., but the water draws every creature for miles. Fences are
compromised or dug under, birds from above..... very frustrating. I just planted my first potatoes in
years and the roadrunners ate them to the ground.
I envy your garden. I will have tomatoes, garlic, onions and many peppers.

[NutmegYankee]

12. My biggest pest is squirrels.

Deer are abundant, but don’t jump privacy fences they can’t see over (out of sight, out of mind). Cottontails would be abundant if it wasn’t for the bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and fishers all competing to eat them.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. Nice! Here's my driveway garden

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[NutmegYankee]

13. Your straw bale technique is very cool!

[lucca18]

8. I am impressed!

That is a lot of work, but so rewarding!
Enjoy!

[sandensea]

9. A little trip to heaven.

Thank you for sharing those - and congrats!

[Honeycombe8]

10. What state do you live in?

Wondering what state that is, that the sun isn't blazing hot all over the back yard.

[NutmegYankee]

11. Connecticut.

[Honeycombe8]

16. Oh. That explains it. The pics I've seen of it are beautiful.

It's expensive there...one of the most expensive states, I believe. So can't move there. I can only look at pictures.

Be glad you don't live where there's glaring sun.

[NutmegYankee]

17. It depends on the region for cost of living.

I live in the Eastern Uplands and it’s not terrible out here. I have a 1/3 of an acre and 1500 sqft house plus full basement for a less than $900 mortgage. Basically as you move away from the coast and the Connecticut river valley, the costs and population plunge. It’s not middle America housing costs, but I’m 2 hrs from Boston and New York and I can get down to the coast in 19 minutes. Since I’m an engineer in the shipbuilding industry, the coasts will be my working career home.

The terrain is pretty. It’s low ( <800 ft ) rolling granite/schist/gneiss hills with rocks everywhere due to the glaciers from the last ice age. And it wants to be a forest, and must be actively maintained to avoid reverting to one.

[Honeycombe8]

18. Interesting.

Thanks. I live in SW Louisiana.....swampland, hurricanes, lots and lots and lots of rain. Subtropical climate. You sweat as soon as you walk outside because of the humidity.

OTOH, it's a plant mecca. Throw some seeds in the yard, and they'll grow. A wide array of plants will grow here.

[natheo]

19. nice work

I envy you for having such a nice backyard garden.