This photo gallery is a fun way to “get your garden on” – even when you live in a desert.
Two Paths Will Soon Fill as Plants Spread
4’x8′ Is Easy to Straddle
6 22″ Diameter Cages Fit In a 4’x8′ Plot
136 ft of Row Peas In a Tidy 4’x8′ Plot
A Landscape that Makes Light Work for You
All Done In the Same Plot and Day
As You Seed, So Shall You Thin
Bean Crop Is Ready for Harvest
Broadcast Carrot Seed and Rake In
Cabbage, Chard, Peppers and Onions
Cages Keep Kids and Pets Fenced Out
Can You See the Carrot Tops?
Cherry Tomatoes In a Wire Basket`
Close Cropping Gives Big Yields
Corn Stalks Become Trellises
Dig Carrots as You Need Them Until April
Create a Wind Row of Cages In 2×8 Plots
Double Crop Corn and Pumpkins
Each Plot Takes About 30 Minutes
Fertilize and Till In Fall to Compost All Winter Long
Fertilize with Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium, and Iron in Utah
Final Carrot Harvest In April
Firm the Plot Sides and Ends
Flags Show Plot Watering Points
Flowers Add Beauty to Veggies
Follow Peas with Bush Beans
Get Larger Fruits On Shorter Vines
Grass Mulch Holds Weeds Out and Moisture In
Grow Vertically In 6in by 7ft Wire Cages
Hardiest Plants Go In Earliest
Harvest Eat Can Plant More Beans
Hearty Beets and Greens Still Good to Eat Late in Season
Herb Garden Is Always Up First
Herbs Reseed Themselves
Herbs Still Good After First Frost
High & Dry – No Slugs or Fruit Rot
Hill Hold for More Growing Space
Removing Insulating Leaves
Mulch In Plots Holds a Lot of Moisture
Less Water Needed as Plants Mature
Level Plot Uniform Watering
Look – No Need for Poles or Strings!
My 25’x35′ Gardening Area
Never Step In the Tilled Soil
Parsley, Sage, Basil and Chives
Peas Planted 3″ Apart (after image)
Peas Planted 3″ Apart will Self-Trellis (before image)
Peas Are Up and Out by the End of June
Plant Heritage Varieties for Seed
Plant Least Hardy Vegetables Last
Plots Need 1/20th the Water of Rows
Prune Winter Squash Vines
Pumpkins Come On Late After Corn
Pumpkins with Carrots Underneath
Rake Shape a 3in Deep Depression
Rhubarb In Blocks Doesn’t Spread
Second Bean Crop Is Coming Up
Shaped and Ready to Plant Plot
Slope Surrounds My Garden
Spinach, Cabbage and Chard Great In Chimney Planters
Sprinkle Plots ‘Til Seedlings Take Hold
Squash Needs 3 to 4 Feet of Spreading Space
Stakes Are for Hose Guides Only
Thin Carrots with First Weeding
Till or Spade a 4×8 Foot Plot
Tomato Vines Keep Leaf Blowing Down
Use Grass Mulch for Weed Control
Use Standard 15 Inch Chimney Block
We Dig and Eat Carrots All Winter
With 2 Feet of Leaves Carrot’s Don’t Freeze
