• Apr 11
• Apr 13
• Possible Planting Plan

Our 2015 Backyard Produce Garden

Notes about our backyard gardening.

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Apr 11

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015, I cleaned out our garden. It was loaded with oak leaves that fell in the garden, along with a lot of leaves that I raked onto the garden. Other debris, containers, and firewood needed removed.

I worked the soil with a small shovel, smoothed it with a rake, and worked it again with the shovel. I removed roots.

When I removed the thick layer of leaves, I found two sorrel plants that were growing. Small leaves, about 2 to 3 inches long, grew on each plant. One plant grew in the west bed, and the other grew in the middle bed.

A couple strawberry plants seemed to be okay, but I'll probably remove them.

Apr 13

On Mon, Apr 13, I worked the soil again with the shovel and smoothed it with a rake.

Then I mended the fencing. In some areas, the screening had broken free from the chicken wire, so I reattached the screening. Some of the chicken wire bent and leaned into the garden because of the piled snow this past winter. I used wooden stakes to hold back the fencing in the east bed.

Then I planted five rows of lettuce, five rows of carrots, and five rows of arugula. All from seeds that we bought last September at the Country Living Festival in Columbus. The seeds overwintered in plastic containers, located in the garage.

My Apr 13 plantings filled the east and middle beds. I have no idea if these seeds will perform. Good test.

Shortly after planting, a brief rain shower moved through. We may receive some additional light rain late today, Apr 13.

Photo taken after planting on Apr 13, 2015. The little ditch lines marked the boundaries of the rows. The planting occurred between these lines.

The garden area back in Feb 2015.

Late March 2015 with the final pile of snow on the flower bed.

Possible Planting Plan

I'll keep it simple this year by planting:

• sorrel
• lettuce
• carrots
• tomatoes
• green beans
• peppers

I'll use the four containers to grow tomatoes again. I might plant six tomato plants in the garden. Then 6 rows or approx 24 squares will be devoted to beans and peppers.

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