this is Rose- the garden queen.
after meeting with Rose and compiling ideas between the three of us- I drew a sketch to visualize what we talked about.
Tips from Rose...
I met Rose through my friend Lannie. Her name suits her very well- she is lovely and a true garden encyclopedia! She came by to assist in some of the preliminary planning and also answer a bunch of our questions....
Here's some tips she gave as well as what's going down in the ground.
- Beans are a natural nitrogen fixer for the soil- they grow well on tomato cages
- Garlic and onions are good things to have in your garden- their smell keeps bad bugs and grubs away
- You might as well buy cocoa mulch- it smells like chocolate
- You can use newspaper as mulch
- Raccoons hate having their feet tangled. Since we have coons we're going to put trellis netting on the top of our fence to keep them out. They will make a mess of your garden in search of grubs in the soil not veggies to eat.
- Plant an already sprouting tomato plant very deep into the soil- sink at least 1/4 down.
- Summer plants don't like getting their leaves wet, water at the base (a watering mat from weedfreegarden.com is probably the most water conservative, efficient and easy way.) Winter plants don't mind so much, they're use to getting rained on from above.
- Don't plant everything all at once- plant in succession so you neither feast nor famine.
- Fish fertilizer, compost and iron and zinc supplements will get your soil rich and ready
- beets, lettuces, chard (easy to plant by seed,) peas, broccoli, asian greens, spinach, cilantrol, brussel sprouts, onions
