{"id":20,"date":"2009-02-13T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T18:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/porchsideecology.com\/abundance\/?p=20"},"modified":"2009-02-13T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T18:02:50","slug":"garden-snapshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.porchsideecology.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/garden-snapshots\/","title":{"rendered":"garden snapshots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"first vegetables planted this year, tomato and zucchini\" src=\"http:\/\/porchsideecology.com\/images\/200803-an-innocent-beginning.jpg\" alt=\"An innocent start to the year, it all began with some herbs a few zucchini and tomatos\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An innocent start to the year. It all began with some herbs a few zucchini and tomatoes<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The dogs like the new hugelkultur bed\" src=\"http:\/\/porchsideecology.com\/images\/200808-new-hugelkultur-bed.jpg\" alt=\"hugelkultur bed\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big changes are afoot, August saw the addition of a hugelkultur bed by the patio. Beneath the bark mulch lie two shallow trenches (maybe 12&quot; to 18&quot; deep?) with young cypress that were cut down next door. On top of the trenches is a light sheet mulch with manure, cardboard, an inch or two of yard waste and the bark on top. Now, how do I keep these furry garden pests from destroying too much?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"adolescent hugelbed\" src=\"http:\/\/porchsideecology.com\/images\/200901-adolescent-hugelbed.jpg\" alt=\"hugelbed January 2009\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &quot;hugelbed&quot; in January 2009. Planted with garlic, thyme, brown arrow lettuce (outside the photo frame) and some ornamental annuals that stuck around. It doesn&#39;t get very much sun right now (a couple hours at best) but the plants seem to be doing well, except for the lantanas which had to be moved to sunnier pasture. In the background you can see the main garden taking shape. Somehow, I trained the dogs to stay out of the hugelbed (so far anyway), yet they continually find ways to get into The Lab and dig!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"the lab\" src=\"http:\/\/porchsideecology.com\/images\/200901-fava-vetch-oats.jpg\" alt=\"The Lab - main garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">January 2009 Work in progress (isn&#39;t it always!). This is &quot;The Lab&quot;, my main garden. I am trying different experiments within The Lab areas. A biointensive bed lies beneath the clover and other cover crops. Off to the left is a section that I am reserving as my &quot;what would nature do&quot; plot in which I simply try to mimic nature&#39;s patterns in my garden. I intend to pattern it off of the edge between a forest and meadow, in which plants are kept down by &quot;grazing&quot;, mulched by leaves and other forest debris and receive the occasional deposits from &quot;flooding&quot; (i.e. composting) in my little ecosystem. I intend not to till that area if at all possible. Should be interesting. Oh! And right next to the compost bin I am trying to cultivate mushrooms (Hypsizygus ulmarius &quot;Garden Patch&quot;)! I hope it works. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"first soil blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/porchsideecology.com\/images\/200901-first-soil-blocks.jpg\" alt=\"My first soil blocks to start out the new year. Cant wait to see what this year holds!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">My first soil blocks to start out the new year. 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