Recycling the garden
The garden which I originally looked at with excitement – envisioning fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs – turned out to be a bit of an albatross [to me] as it required a tremendous amount of work!!! to get fresh fruit, veg and herbs. I made the decision mid-summer that I wanted it gone. I will be a container gardener next summer… a few pots of herbs, tomatoes, peppers, onions – things easily taken care of.
It should be easy to rig a drip watering system and some chicken wire protection from deer so I can leave them for rv trips. Even with the garden turned into “grass” – still not much to mow and trim – probably less time as I won’t have to trim around planters and the fence.
The recycling part… my neighbors had said they would like some of the strawberry plants and as we got to talking about time to get them, they decided that they wanted the planters and the fencing – the whole kit and kaboodle! And – happy, happy, joy, joy – they have a backhoe!! – so have the ability to pop the posts out and grade everything out after and before you know it, we worked out a trade so that everyone gets what they want… they get a complete garden kit and I get a vanished garden. A friend of theirs wanted some strawberries also so we spread the love a bit and there were even a few leftover plants that I put in containers. Hopefully, I’ll get enough berries for a shortcake or 2 to share next summer.
Karl has been supervising the dismantling which is going very well. Readers will have to bear with me – I LOVE big equipment and watching it work and seeing how to do things so this is probably the first in a series of the garden recycling project.
