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ves's Hope garden

Garden Type: Community | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Clay I'm Organic!

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My “Hope Garden” is a serious venture in growing as much of my own food as possible. I took two 20×40 foot spaces in a community garden. In addition to a variety of tomatoes, peppers, peas, cucumbers, melons and green veggies, I’m putting in squash, potatoes, beans, corn, wheat, hulless oats, and hulless barley. At this point, I’m overwhelmed and don’t know how I will ever get it planted. I finally have half of the first bed dug (10×5 feet out of 10 20×5 foot beds!)

My 20 foot beds will actually be a foot or two short of 20 feet, so I can have a path down the middle in addition to paths between the beds….but at the end of the paths, I can connect the beds with a little rectangle of growing space across the end of the path.

NOTE: I just reduced this garden (on paper) by 2 beds. I will use two of them for experimental plantings of corn. See my Experimental Heirloom Garden.

You can see a satellite picture of the community garden (probably last summer), by going to:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=110589354015012413294.0004499ab38c000beea29&ll=46.143173,-122.965271&spn=0.00155,0.003326&z=18

Sorry, you will have to cut and paste that link….MyFolia isn’t taking such long URLs. But Google Maps is cool….

Photos

Plantings

  • Corn, Chapalote " Pinole Maiz" Replanted

    Corn, Chapalote " Pinole Maiz" Replanted

    Zea mays var. indurata

    Sown on 27 Jun 08 "One of the four most ancient corns, it is smal...

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments

  • Corn, Oaxaca Green Dent (rototilled)

    Corn, Oaxaca Green Dent (rototilled)

    Zea mays var. indentata

    Sown on 26 Jun 08 This corn is supposed to be especially good for...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Corn, Oaxacan Green (Double-Dug bed)

    Corn, Oaxacan Green (Double-Dug bed)

    Zea mays var. indentata

    Sown on 26 Jun 08 This corn is supposed to be especially good for...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Corn, Roy Calais Flint

    Corn, Roy Calais Flint

    Zea mays var. indurata

    Sown on 23 Jun 08

    • 0 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Unhappy

  • Corn, Painted Mountain (Rototilled)

    Corn, Painted Mountain (Rototilled)

    Zea mays var. amylacea

    Sown on 23 Jun 08 Flour corn, early variety--plant 15 inches apar...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Corn, Painted Mountain (Double-dug)

    Corn, Painted Mountain (Double-dug)

    Zea mays var. amylacea

    Sown on 23 Jun 08 Flour corn, early variety--plant 15 inches apar...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tomatillo

    Tomatillo

    Physalis ixocarpa

    Planting Out on 15 Jun 08 Purchased at Market from Terry Miracle. Very le...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Squash, Sweet Meat

    Squash, Sweet Meat

    Cucurbita moschata

    Planting Out on 05 Jun 08 Tag says "Sweet Meat." I think I got it from Jo...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 1 comments

  • Corn, Chapalote " Pinole Maiz"

    Corn, Chapalote " Pinole Maiz"

    Zea mays var. indurata

    Sown on 04 Jun 08 Planted about 25 seeds on 15 inch centers, in o...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Pepper, Senorita

    Pepper, Senorita

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)

    Purchased on 24 May 08 Senorita is supposed to be a very mild jalapeno...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Pepper, Hungarian Wax

    Pepper, Hungarian Wax

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

    Purchased on 24 May 08 Purchased at Farmer's Market.

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Pepper, Ruffed Red Pimento

    Pepper, Ruffed Red Pimento

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

    Purchased on 24 May 08

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Pepper, Early Jalapeno

    Pepper, Early Jalapeno

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)

    Purchased on 24 May 08 Purchased from Eva the honey lady, who has grea...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tomatillo

    Tomatillo

    Physalis ixocarpa

    Purchased on 24 May 08 Very tall and leggy plants in 6 inch pots with ...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Tomato, Brandywine

    Tomato, Brandywine

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Transplanted on 20 May 08 I purchased in 6-inch pot from local small gree...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Tomato, Black Krim

    Tomato, Black Krim

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Planting Out on 20 May 08 I purchased in 6-inch pot from local small gree...

    • 4 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Sugar Snap Peas

    Sugar Snap Peas

    Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon

    Transplanted on 20 May 08 Set out at 4 inch intervals next to Brandywine ...

    • 8 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Tomato, Reisentraub

    Tomato, Reisentraub

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Planting Out on 20 May 08 I purchased in 6-inch pot from local small gree...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Tomato, Pineapple

    Tomato, Pineapple

    Solanum lycopersicum

    Planting Out on 20 May 08 I purchased in 6-inch pot from local small gree...

    • 3 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • Pepper, Red Bell

    Pepper, Red Bell

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Grossum Group)

    Purchased on 10 May 08 Bought 4 of these -- same time as tomatoes. Kep...

    • 2 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • Nasturiums, Dwarf Mix

    Nasturiums, Dwarf Mix

    Tropaeolum majus

    Sown on 04 May 08 Planted seeds across one end of my first garden...

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • Pepper, Ancho

    Pepper, Ancho

    Capsicum annuum var. annuum (Longum Group)

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

Comments

  • Katxena

    Katxena wrote:

    Wow, your garden sounds so interesting! Good luck with such an ambitious project! I can’t wait to see what you grow!

    Posted on 11 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)

  • dianer

    dianer wrote:

    I think this is a wonderful concept for a garden. I’d love to do something like that myself.

    Good luck with it!

    Posted on 12 Jul 08 (about 1 years ago)

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