Your vegetable garden is landscaped, isn’t it?

I really only need a garden for one thing – fresh tomatoes. I think Dan’s requirement is corn. But we want a big garden this year. After all, we do live on a farm. After all, fresh from the garden tastes so much better. After all, there are no pesticides or herbicides used in our garden. After all, a good farmer’s market isn’t exactly down the street around here; all the farmers head to our old city neighborhood with their crops.

Since we cleverly located our house 1/2 mile from the existing garden, we decided it would be good if we could at least see the garden from the house. We made a list of everything we wanted in the garden this year and Dan plotted the new house garden on paper.

But before any tilling or seed planting was done, Dan’s first order of business was to landscape the garden area. Of course! Never mind there is not a single bush adorning our house. He dug some of the bushes and grasses previously transplanted in the swath of horticulture beside the front garden. Soon, the hose shed {former livestock trough}, compost bins (former hotel balcony railing and some old patio stones), and the tool shed (former outhouse on another farm) were graced with bushes and divided grasses. Some of the bushes, several envelopes of flower seeds culled from all over, 45 plum and smoke trees wrangled from an LG&E surplus giveaway, and 40 feet worth of Jerusalem artichoke tubers line the perimeter of the yard. This makes the house look lonely, but I’m sure there’s a plan. There always is.

In the meantime, here’s the hose shed with it’s nice plantings of ornamental grasses.

Dan plotted a 90×60 garden near the house. The old front garden is reserved for corn and melons. After two trailer loads of 2-3 year old manure from the neighbor, sand from the creek, big bags of vermiculite, some sulfur and peat moss, we’ve got much of the garden tilled and planted. Here’s the list of what you those who know and love us should expect to be eating from our garden:

2008 Master Garden List –

Brussel Sprouts	Cantalope	Basil
Asparagus	Watermelon	Rosemary
Green Beans	Sweet Onions	Thyme
Lima Beans	Green Onions	Mint
White Beans	Cauliflower	Lavender
Broccoli	Sugar Snap Peas	Cilantro
Cabbage	Green Peppers	Oregano
Kale	Red Peppers	Chives
Corn	Chili Peppers	Parsley
Cucumbers	Potatoes	Carrots
Garlic	Sweet Potatoes	Radishes
Yellow Squash	Blueberries
Lettuces	Gooseberries	Artichokes?
Kale	Grapes	Soybeans?
Spinach	Strawberries	TOMATOES

Bold indicates the plants or seeds are in the ground as of April 29, 2008

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