A Garden Walk

 Murph this blog is dedicated to you first for the blood, sweat, and tears that have gone into making this the best adventure EVER.  Then to Bridgit for 'letting' you do it, to Mark for almost always saying yes to our visions, and to all the awesome friends (big and little) and family that have helped make this garden what you see today.  We are very proud of what we all have done.  Now it is time to maintain and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

This is the first garden that you see when you drive up the driveway.  It is my Memorial Garden.  There are beautiful flowers in there that remind me of special people in our lives. 

This flower bed was here when we moved in almost 15 years ago,  The dogs and yahoos have given me a run for my money at trying to keep it going.

Did you know if you put a limb of a tomato plant that has accidentally gotten broken off the main plant in water it will sprout roots and you can plant it and it will bear fruit?  AMAZING!

Looking into The Goat Pen.  Thank you, Boot, Scoot, and Boogie for your deposits.  They have made for a great garden plot.  There are all sorts of peppers, cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, and of course flowers.

This is probably the most disappointing garden.  The Watermelon Patch.  I may have waited too late to plant but what we did plant has been nibbled and chomped on by what I think might have been a raccoon.

We moved what once was a mud pit for the yahoos on the other side of the yard into the Goat Pen to be used as a raised bed.

The cucumber/bean trellis tunnel is unbelievable!

The trellis and then hot peppers in the raised bed in the foreground.

The four raised beds in the back of the yard in-between the Goat Pen Garden and the compost bins.

We used bamboo poles for stakes.  My friend's brother and brother-in-law cut it for us and hauled it to my friend's house.  I think some of the poles were 20 feet long.  It was a circus getting then to our yard in the back of our truck.

We have already harvested the garlic and now are debating what to plant in the empty bed.

There are eggplant, zucchini. long neck squash, tomatoes, pattypan squash, okra, peppers, and lots of flowers for the pollinators.

Out Pumpkin Patch and Sunflowers.

  The Strawberry Bed contains, cucumbers, basil, tomatoes, herbs, and a hydroponic garden.  Each garden also has its very one Mason Bee House.

The gate to my only real flower bed which we call The City Park.

We did have 26 chickens but they have all gone on so I have a ceramic one in their memory guarding this little plot.

The garden is filled with Native Ohio Perennials.

I am so looking forward to everything growing big and strong and seeing the hummingbirds, butterflies, and birds feast on all this goodness.

Along the fence this fall I am planting a mixture of native perennial seeds.  We found the coolest bumble bee birdbath that we are using as a 'watering hole' and birdbath.

We are on a journey for sure.  Learning new things every day.  Meeting, talking, listening, and learning from so many knowledgeable people. And planning what will come next. But I have put my gloves down...nothing else new this year.  I am happy to transplant flowers to different areas, weed, and dream of what it will all look like at its peak.

We call all of this beauty the COVID CoMOOnity Garden on NottaLotta Farm.  And it takes a community/village to make the vision happen and keep it going.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE!

 Murph this blog is dedicated to you first for the blood, sweat, and tears that have gone into making this the best adventure EVER.  Then to Bridgit for 'letting' you do it, to Mark for almost always saying yes to our visions, and to all the awesome friends (big and little) and family that have helped make this garden what you see today.  We are very proud of what we all have done.  Now it is time to maintain and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

This is the first garden that you see when you drive up the driveway.  It is my Memorial Garden.  There are beautiful flowers in there that remind me of special people in our lives. 

This flower bed was here when we moved in almost 15 years ago,  The dogs and yahoos have given me a run for my money at trying to keep it going.

Did you know if you put a limb of a tomato plant that has accidentally gotten broken off the main plant in water it will sprout roots and you can plant it and it will bear fruit?  AMAZING!

Looking into The Goat Pen.  Thank you, Boot, Scoot, and Boogie for your deposits.  They have made for a great garden plot.  There are all sorts of peppers, cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, and of course flowers.

This is probably the most disappointing garden.  The Watermelon Patch.  I may have waited too late to plant but what we did plant has been nibbled and chomped on by what I think might have been a raccoon.

We moved what once was a mud pit for the yahoos on the other side of the yard into the Goat Pen to be used as a raised bed.

The cucumber/bean trellis tunnel is unbelievable!

The trellis and then hot peppers in the raised bed in the foreground.

The four raised beds in the back of the yard in-between the Goat Pen Garden and the compost bins.

We used bamboo poles for stakes.  My friend's brother and brother-in-law cut it for us and hauled it to my friend's house.  I think some of the poles were 20 feet long.  It was a circus getting then to our yard in the back of our truck.

We have already harvested the garlic and now are debating what to plant in the empty bed.

There are eggplant, zucchini. long neck squash, tomatoes, pattypan squash, okra, peppers, and lots of flowers for the pollinators.

Out Pumpkin Patch and Sunflowers.

  The Strawberry Bed contains, cucumbers, basil, tomatoes, herbs, and a hydroponic garden.  Each garden also has its very one Mason Bee House.

The gate to my only real flower bed which we call The City Park.

We did have 26 chickens but they have all gone on so I have a ceramic one in their memory guarding this little plot.

The garden is filled with Native Ohio Perennials.

I am so looking forward to everything growing big and strong and seeing the hummingbirds, butterflies, and birds feast on all this goodness.

Along the fence this fall I am planting a mixture of native perennial seeds.  We found the coolest bumble bee birdbath that we are using as a 'watering hole' and birdbath.

We are on a journey for sure.  Learning new things every day.  Meeting, talking, listening, and learning from so many knowledgeable people. And planning what will come next. But I have put my gloves down...nothing else new this year.  I am happy to transplant flowers to different areas, weed, and dream of what it will all look like at its peak.

We call all of this beauty the COVID CoMOOnity Garden on NottaLotta Farm.  And it takes a community/village to make the vision happen and keep it going.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE!