Sustainable Garden Bed
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Sheet mulching 36′ x 24′
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Recycled packaging materials and boxes.
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We made one layer of cardboard over the entire plot
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We sprinkled the boxes with water as we applied the cardboard
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Spraying boxes with water to make sure that they are evenly wet.
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We added a layer of straw next over the entire bed.
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We watered the straw after we laid it.
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The chickens are checking out our project and probably wish they could scratch in it!
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We added one yard of free mulch next. As well as 1 yard of loam.
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We tried to evenly apply the mulch throughout the bed.
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We planted organic red hard wheat in January. This was our first crop to build nitrogen and establish vegetation before the spring garden.
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Planting 3 varieties of garlic in the Pergola garden bed
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Measuring the spacing between plantings.
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Polish, Music, and an Organic Italian Heirloom Garlic were planted.
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A little closer up.
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Rafe and chickens
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We also landscaped around the large sustainable bed for the chickens and wildlife.
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Chicken scratch bed where we transplanted native plants. Hybrid poplars planted in 2012 are shown as well.
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Angle from the back corner near the new coop.
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Pergola garden bed will be removed to expand sustainable bed in fall 2015.
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I thought this needed more character and so I added the 1968 Ford F250 grill that we had lying around.
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Gorgeous garlic! A few varieties of onions too!
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This is a picture after only a few loads were dumped.
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Then Kristin hauled in 34 wheelbarrow loads, (4 yards) of mushroom compost mixed with rich chocolate loam (sand and dirt).
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Kristin added drip irrigation. for the new mounds that have 10 inch paths and are 30″ wide each. There are currently seven next to the Pergola bed.
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Onions and garlic!
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Oh how lovely are these walking onions!
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Tomatoes, peppers, beans, okra, corn, chard, beets, radishes, and herbs.
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We have received so much rain that the soil amendments have separated.
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A better angle with progress!
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Not quite ready yet. We are growing bio-intensively and have our tomatoes 18″ apart. With weekly trimming of all the unnecessary foliage our plants produce well.
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Dill, mild peppers, okra, beans, corn, basil
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I’ve been growing Zinnias here since we bought our home in 2009. They are one of my favorite flowers that do exceptionally well in Central Texas! I grow the from seed and never know what colors I’m going to end up with!
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July 11, 2015, I recently added more tomatoes.
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I’ve already harvested a few ears of corn!
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July 11, 2015
Late Bloom America