This is a section of my back corner garden. It has my ghetto bean teepee that is half full of fava beans right now. The raised beds have several tomato cages in them that I use to try and keep the dog from running through them when she's chasing cats or squirrels. Ignore the mismatched fences- that's what you get when you have one neighbor who is willing to get a new fence, and another who doesn't. The neighbor who doesn't is fearful that taking out the fence would kill her ivy. If only that's all it took.
These are not weeds. This is actually arugula that I allowed to go to flower. On purpose. I swear.
These are our worm bins. I can't see spending 50-100 bucks on a fancy worm bin when Rubbermaid bins work just fine. Sure, they look a little white trash, but if they get ruined, I won't be heartbroken. Besides, the worms seem happy.
Yeah, that's a shoe. I don't think you can walk ten feet in my backyard without either coming across a shoe, a dog toy, or a pile of dog crap. These are all signs that the backyard gets USED. I don't think that's a bad thing.
Yes, that's a dead tree. I could yank it out, but it's serving another purpose as a trellis for pea's right now.
This is the future garden site. Yeah- it takes over half of my front yard. No, I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with this space. I'm not a designer, all I know is I have a few ideas of what I do want in this space (seating area, mostly edibles) and a few ideas of what I don't want (lawn!). Right now I have zero dollars to finish this project, so my neighbors will just get to look at dirt for a while. Maybe I'll spread manure all over it when I get paid next month. That will smell lovely.
Or maybe I'll stick some of these lovely tomato cages in there? I had thought I would have at least a small section of the front yard ready for vegetables, so I kind of committed my other raised beds in the backyard to garlic and shallots, and now I left no room for my 25 tomato plants. Guess they'll have to go in the front, whether it's ready or not.
Still in the front yard, you can see where I've taken out some of the old cement curbing to try and play around with the space. This will be a future patio. That big window will eventually be french doors, leading from the kitchen to our new kitchen garden. And I have ZERO dollars to spend on this project, so it will stay like this for quite some time. This has become our dog's favorite nap spot while I'm working in the front yard.
This is our front corner. Again, you can see I'm still thinking about what to do with the space. There is still some of the old cement curbing in place, mixed with additional pieces that I tore out from other areas while I try to figure out what to do with the space. My husband is really hoping I figure it out soon, but as far as I see it- it could look a lot worse.
This is the gate to the side yard. Eventually I'm thinking I'll install steps here but I haven't decided what kind. Maybe an arbor of some sort. Or maybe I'll leave it like it is. For the next five years, I'm guessing it will stay like it is.
In the meantime, I think my garden could look a lot worse. And for now, I like it just the way it is.
