So, this is totally an experiment. I live in the city. My husband and I have spent the last 3 years landscaping a super cute backyard that we LOVE to relax in during the warm months. When we purchased the property a as "fixer uper" the yard barely had grass. We've since torn down the old nasty chain link fence that was completely ingrown with WILD growth.
We then set new posts and installed a 6' wood plank fence that encloses our yard on two sides, the third side we share a nice chain link fence with our neighbor. Our house makes up the forth side, completely enclosing our yard. The entire back yard is maybe 40'x40'.
We then laid a very rustic looking brick patio with paver stones recycled from a neglected parking spot on the side of our house. So now we have what looks like a real back yard. (The picture above is from 3 years ago, the landscaping has grown in a bit and some of it has even moved around.)
Our yard gets almost full sun, meaning we have lots of opportunites to put the yard to work and grow some veggies.
The back fence in the picture is south facing. the last 2 years I have amazing luck with a fantastic supply of tomatoes. I LOVE TOMATOES. I could eat them everyday of the summer and if they tasted good the rest of the year too! I plant the tomatoes close to the back fence and actually tie them up to the fence. It works great and the neighbor loves it when some of the branches hang over to his side because then he gets some free tomatoes!
Now comes the experiment part of this... This year I want to use the garden on the left side of the picture to start a "Square Foot Garden".
I've done some research on this concept of gardening that was developed by Mel Bartholomew. It sounds completely facinating. I'm waiting to get my copy of the book Square Foot Gardening from my local bookstore, should be here in a few days. Once I get through reading that, I'll post more on the start of my gardening adventure.
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