“Harvest” might be a little grandiose for our tiny 8 feet by 4 feet raised bed, but we are enjoying a continual trickle of peas, lettuce, radishes, and, soon, cherry tomatoes. I’m not sure if the pole beans will ever materialize – lots of vines and blossoms, but no sign of an actual bean. We typically get our heat in September and October, here in the San Francisco Bay Area, so there may still be hope. One carrot is left to harvest; the others were eaten by garden pests as sprouts.
We’ve had a number of garden pests in the form of marauding deer who love tomato blossoms, and skunks who love lettuce (or slug salads). I try to live harmoniously with these woodland creatures, and count on a certain amount of pilfering; but I may rethink this pacifist philosophy next year, and cloak the garden bed in deer netting!
I’m grateful that our family’s survival does not depend on this little garden plot, because we would surely starve. Still, it is a pleasure to plan, plant, and tend a vegetable garden, and very satisfying to eat the produce.
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We’ve had a number of garden pests in the form of marauding deer who love tomato blossoms, and skunks who love lettuce (or slug salads). I try to live harmoniously with these woodland creatures, and count on a certain amount of pilfering; but I may rethink this pacifist philosophy next year, and cloak the garden bed in deer netting!
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| Raised bed vegetable garden after three months |
I’m grateful that our family’s survival does not depend on this little garden plot, because we would surely starve. Still, it is a pleasure to plan, plant, and tend a vegetable garden, and very satisfying to eat the produce.
3 comments:
Oooohhhh, that lettuce is so beautiful! There is nothing like fresh lettuce right out of your own soil. Just ask the skunks! :-)
Gorgeous! I loved raised beds. No deer here, but plenty of bunnies. I tried three times to grow rainbow chard, and the bunnies ate it all.
Welcome! Wow - bunnies! I never even considered them as a garden pest. Sounds very Peter Rabbit. :-) In Alaska, my folks have had bears amble through their veggie garden, and my sister-in-law is vexed with porcupines that eat her flowers!
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