One of the biggest things we always talk about is the need to grow what you personally love to eat and use. The Planting Plan – The 2022 Vegetable Gar den Plan The entire garden will be surrounded by a fence to keep out an abundance of wildlife in the area. The sunflowers these plants produce are like no other around with their unique orange and brown flower heads! Seed Link : Chocolate Cherry Sunflower Seeds The 2022 Vegetable Garden Plan A look at the 2022 garden layout and plan. Last but not least, we will surround two sides of the fence with Chocolate Cherry Sunflowers. Hopefully, it will give us even more time to enjoy the garden than ever. And we will also be installing a buried drip irrigation system that will be fed from our rain water tanks. Keeping It Low Maintenance…Īll of the walking spaces will be covered in thick wood chips to eliminate weeding. The back of the garden holds (6) straw bale crates for growing, and a double bin compost station as well. The garden is made up of (6) 20′ long x 18″ wide Raised Rows, (5) 3′ x 6′ x 18″ high Raised Beds, and (4) Quad Bucket Planter Boxes. Without a fence, we simply would be feeding the animals instead of us! Because there is so much wildlife at the new farm (deer, rabbits, groundhogs and the occasional wild pig are all frequent visitors), the entire garden will be fenced in with a 6′ high post and board fence with black welded wire mesh installed to the fence. The new main garden is 30′ wide x 40′ long. Our old Raised Row garden was 60′ x 40′ – and did it ever produce a lot of food! But honestly, with just the two of us now, we knew we could downsize a bit and save on both the planting and harvesting chores. Probably the biggest difference and change in our new garden is the overall size. It uses all of our favorite gardening techniques – from raised rows and raised beds, to bucket planters and straw bale planters too. The entire garden area is created as a no-till gardening space. It really is a testament to low-maintenance gardening.
We are extremely excited about the new garden and the new plan. We want to be able to garden for a long time to come, and that means keeping everything as simple as possible as we age too! The Garden Design – The 2022 Vegetable Garden Plan Most importantly, we want it to be simple and nearly effortless to take care of. It’s large size could certainly produce a big harvest! Our garden at the old farm in mid-season form last year. But we certainly don’t need it to feed a small army anymore. We still want to grow all of the vegetables we love, and want a bit of extra space to try new things as well.
Now, with just the two of us remaining, our needs have changed. When we designed out first garden some 12 years back, we had a big family to feed. But even more, it allows us to set up our vegetable garden to fit our current and future needs better than ever. Starting From Scratch – The New Garden At The Farm & The 2022 Vegetable Garden PlanĪ new garden and plan gives us the chance to lay everything out exactly like we want, including long-term perennial crops such as our asparagus and strawberry plants.
We have included both the plan and the varieties we grow near the end of the article. Here is a look at the new garden set-up, and our garden plan for 2022. And creating an entirely new garden and garden plan from scratch is honestly something we have been looking forward to ever since we decided to move to the new farm. One thing is for sure, we will be implementing the same Raised Row gardening techniques that worked so well in our new garden, as well as employing a couple of additional low-maintenance twists to help make our new garden even easier to maintain in the future.īut with all of that said, we love a good new challenge. We will certainly miss our old garden at the farm and its incredibly rich and fertile soil. And after 11+ seasons of building the soil organically with cover crops, compost and a simple no-till method, the soil in the garden was easier than ever to work and maintain. Not only was it easy to maintain and care for, it was also extremely productive. After all, we absolutely loved our No-Till Raised Row garden at our old place. Something that is both extremely exciting, and a bit daunting as well. This year, since we have now moved to the new farm, we are starting with a completely blank slate.
It is hard to believe, but the new year is already here, and that means it is time to start create our 2022 Vegetable Garden plan for the farm.
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