Duluth - Georgia - USA - Zone 7b

The Vegetable Garden Area

November 2002
Here is the start of my vegetable garden.

September 2003
More grass gone!  I created a large curved bed which I then subdivided into smaller beds.  I slightly raised these beds so that rain water would run along the path and not right over the flowerbeds.
I bought lovely pink natural flagstones to create a path from the back patio to the back fence.

April 2004
Even more grass gone!  Mowing has gone from a 1 1/4 hour operation to only 40 minutes.
After moving soil around I brought in 4 Bobcat scoops of mature horse manure and tilled it to about 10".  Then I planted 2 apple trees, a Redhaven peachtree and 3 Hanson cherry bushes.
I plan on continuing the wall along the back fence to create a bed along there.

August 2005
This clearly shows why I needed to make a trench running past the pond and to the corner of the back fence.  The groundcovers growing in this trench slow the flow of the water which causes it to spread out more than I would like.  But at least the water does not carry the soil away.

September 2005
The groundcovers have filled in nicely.  I just have to trim them away from the flagstones every 2 months or so.

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