My Mother has the perfect backyard for a vegetable garden but has never had any interest in gardening. For the last two years I have been telling her that I was going to turn her yard into a urban farm. She would just laugh at me and say " NO, I like my yard just the way it is."
Well I kept at it and one day she said "Fine you can have the space in the back of the yard, but don't think I'm going to be taking care of it."
Below is a pictorial of the project.
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Last Aug (2012) I went to Mom's and took a few photos and started my planning.
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| Photo taken from my childhood bedroom window. |
Full sun all day just about all year round. A gardeners dream.
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| Marking off the area so Mom can see where I think the beds will go. |
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| I pulled this bed out of my yard.... |
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| And bought a few new beds. |
The new beds are really cool and look nice in the garden. I bought them at Eartheasy. I added hardware cloth to the bottom of all the beds to keep the moles out.
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| Herbs in a large planter that has been empty for years. |
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| The bean bed |
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| Mom wants corn... so I gave her corn. |
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| What the garden looks like as of now Photo taken May 5, 2013 |
Added three planters into the BBQ pit....
and a planter in the stack for some hanging plants. This should look really cute once everything grows in.
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| Lettuce bed |
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| Lettuce bed with shade cover. |
Well I'm happy to say Mom is taking an interest in gardening now. Checking on everything and watering for me until I get the drip lines in.
