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Post by littleminnie on Oct 11, 2015 20:09:46 GMT -5
We have been moved in for 2.5 weeks and I have been excited about the planning of the yard, garden, orchard but I am realizing that I am very intimidated. Sure I have learned from when we moved into our old house 16 years ago, but not enough to be certain I won't make permanent mistakes! Does anyone want to help with the layout of perennial veggies and flowers, yard areas, wash and prep area, high tunnel, fruit trees, etc?
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 11, 2015 20:22:13 GMT -5
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Post by templeton on Oct 13, 2015 3:39:52 GMT -5
Just basic ideas here -
cold winds / drying winds from which direction?
frost hollows?
stuff you need to keep an eye on nearby/where you walk every day.
What do the brown/dry patches on the airphoto indicate? differences in soil/water? might this affect decisions?
Water supply? pipes where you don't want to put trucks over?
can you use a tunnel to shelter other areas from wind?
Lots to think about, what a grand puzzle.
T
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Post by richardw on Oct 13, 2015 13:04:21 GMT -5
So how much land is there? and whats that disk shaped area at the back?
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 13, 2015 13:32:46 GMT -5
It is 2.59 acres total. The brown circle thing in the back is a low drainage spot for the area. I am going to grow flowers all over back there. It should leave 200x200 or so for veggies. I contacted the extension office for help. I don't have a real feel for the area yet and will watch winds all winter. I guess I most want to plan around where the HT will go.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 13, 2015 13:35:35 GMT -5
I have a big jumbo map like the first pic to read better but nothing is like going out there and walking it. Unfortunately the corners were never staked so we are going to have to measure. Would you make the garden area parallel with the house or what exactly? I don't want corners that aren't 90 degrees. I have had that.
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Post by philagardener on Oct 13, 2015 17:05:38 GMT -5
I'd follow the contour lines across the lot so you can reduce erosion with grassy strips. Roughly NW to SE across the narrow dimension of the lot. You don't want your garden washing down into your house!
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 13, 2015 21:42:15 GMT -5
It's all flat (the contour lines show hardly any change) but I was going to do beds across sort of north south with clover paths. I had wanted east west beds but changed my mind but probably will again. Someone said it would make most sense to measure out from the walking path and be even with that. That would be easiest too. So that would be about a 200 foot square area. I'll scan and post the pic.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 16, 2015 9:15:56 GMT -5
OK I drew some stuff out.   I think I will line up with the walking path and give some feet in between of course. Then start the beds as shown, working back over a couple years. Is there a trick to making sure you start at a 90 degree corner? I don't want funny angles. I have no idea where to put the high tunnel. |
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Post by jondear on Oct 16, 2015 10:54:38 GMT -5
3,4,5 method works for me. You can multiply each number by anything that works in your situation. 30, 40, 50 for example.  If it were my high tunnel, I'd want it within reach of water and power. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 16, 2015 12:35:28 GMT -5
Thing is... If it were me, and I made the garden rectangular, then I'd always be fussing about that little wedge of wasted space along the edge of the garden that is all lopsided and funky. Perhaps that'll also become a flower garden?
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 16, 2015 14:15:02 GMT -5
Compost pile?
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 16, 2015 14:56:24 GMT -5
Also the land next door isn't built yet so there is no line of demarcation the south side of the garden will just look out in the middle of nowhere.
Proposed high tunnel spot is close enough to the house I think. Maybe I should put it closer.
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Post by philagardener on Oct 16, 2015 17:32:20 GMT -5
Do you want to consider a pickup area for your CSA?
Maybe a high tunnel behind the house with a head-house/shed end butting up to the paved walking access on the NW side of the lot (widened if needed?) as a secure pick-up area? You might even be able to do a separate curb cut along that edge of your property for access apart from your driveway.
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Post by steev on Oct 18, 2015 23:39:04 GMT -5
BTW, that Celtic First of May ritual was for the fertility of the fields, not the participants, although they weren't prohibited from also benefiting.
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