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NutmegYankee

(16,308 posts)
Mon May 28, 2018, 07:19 PM May 2018

My backyard garden

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.

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My backyard garden (Original Post) NutmegYankee May 2018 OP
Wow! snacker May 2018 #1
Nice Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #2
You've got your own little garden/park back there. Nicely kept. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #3
I'm jealous bucolic_frolic May 2018 #4
I always find something does well, and something else does poorly. NutmegYankee May 2018 #15
Are those tomato and pepper plants? Ohiogal May 2018 #5
Tomatoes in the back, peppers in the circular mini-greenhouses. NutmegYankee May 2018 #14
Where's the javelina? panader0 May 2018 #6
My biggest pest is squirrels. NutmegYankee May 2018 #12
Nice! Here's my driveway garden NRaleighLiberal May 2018 #7
Your straw bale technique is very cool! NutmegYankee May 2018 #13
I am impressed! lucca18 May 2018 #8
A little trip to heaven. sandensea May 2018 #9
What state do you live in? Honeycombe8 May 2018 #10
Connecticut. NutmegYankee May 2018 #11
Oh. That explains it. The pics I've seen of it are beautiful. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #16
It depends on the region for cost of living. NutmegYankee May 2018 #17
Interesting. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #18
nice work natheo May 2018 #19

bucolic_frolic

(46,979 posts)
4. I'm jealous
Mon May 28, 2018, 08:11 PM
May 2018

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

(16,308 posts)
14. Tomatoes in the back, peppers in the circular mini-greenhouses.
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:49 AM
May 2018

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

(25,816 posts)
6. Where's the javelina?
Mon May 28, 2018, 08:17 PM
May 2018

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

(16,308 posts)
12. My biggest pest is squirrels.
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:43 AM
May 2018

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.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
10. What state do you live in?
Mon May 28, 2018, 09:39 PM
May 2018

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

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
16. Oh. That explains it. The pics I've seen of it are beautiful.
Tue May 29, 2018, 07:24 AM
May 2018

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

(16,308 posts)
17. It depends on the region for cost of living.
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:46 PM
May 2018

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

(37,648 posts)
18. Interesting.
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:38 PM
May 2018

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.

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