Yesterday, I tilled the old garden and Sylvia planted grass seed over the entire area.  We will let it go back to lawn.  Actually, it wasn’t lawn before.  It had been a place that was used to bury trash.  It was overgrown and a complete mess.  Sylvia and I worked long and hard to clear and flatten the ground.  It looked so good when we were finished that we planted a garden there.

The old garden as seen from the front deck.

That’s the old garden in the upper right of the photo.  The far half of it is covered with straw–actually grass clippings–to protect the newly planted grass seed.  The mid-morning sun has not reached into that low area.  It is very shady there and it is quite damp.  It was time to abandon that ground.  Compare that to the new garden by turning a bit to the left.

The new garden is larger and enjoys more sunlight.

The new location is closer to the house, and that means closer to the water tap.  It required three long lengths of hose to water the old garden.  A single short length will suffice now.  We’ll now be able to look out a window from the kitchen or dining area to see how the garden is growing.

We have asparagus on order and have plans for rhubarb.  I made the mistake of putting raspberries beside the old rhubarb.  The raspberries spread and the rhubarb lost ground you might say. 🙁  These, and other perennials we’ll plant beside the long edges.  Annuals will be planted down the middle.  Lots of vegetables and flowers.  I’ll tell you more about it as we progress.

I need to post this and go mow about 5 acres of lawn.  Should get my Vitamin D today. 🙂  Hope your day is nice and sunny too.