mrbstephens
Lovin' The Homestead
Hello everyone! We moved just this past October and I'm in the very early planning phase for a new garden. I had a vegetable garden at the old house....it was tiny, had too much shade and a bit disappointing, but I did get lots of mulberries, raspberries and blackberries. Edamame was really easy to grow too. There, we had a 1/2 acre and now we have 1.75 acres with clearing restrictions because we're on top of an aquifer. I have plans to clear 10,000 square feet in the southern most area of the property which butts up to the end of our neighbor's yard. This will give me the most sun exposure possible. The area has several dead trees in the middle already, but we'll have to cut down more. We live in a pine barrens here so most of the trees are pitch pines which are big and unfortunately can't be burned in the fireplace. We could, however, burn them outside in the fire pit. The deer are rampant here. So are raccoons, foxes, hawks, owls, and my neighbor says she has a groundhog living under her shed. So, I'll need a good deer fence, but wondering how to keep the groundhog out. I'll post pics of the area where the garden will go ASAP. I do need to figure out how we'll get irrigation out to it, but I'm thinking we'll put in a pump for ground water. I'll like to keep the job as affordable as possible. As far as what I want to grow, well..........asparagus will have to go in right away, strawberries (are these perennial?), grape vines, raspberries, blackberries, apples, peaches, tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes, beans, peas, eggplants, greens, root veggies, herbs........did I miss anything?