Reclaiming Space for a Fall Garden
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Collapse ▲I only have a very small space for growing vegetables in my yard, so I have to make the most of what space I do have. I may expand the space a little and get rid of some lawn area along the fence. That will include a lot of digging to remove the grass, hauling in a few wheelbarrows of compost to mix with the sandy soil, and finding some mulch to keep the weeds out this winter. Now that I put it down on paper it seems like a lot of work. I’m exhausted just thinking about it. Maybe that’s just the recovery coming to the surface.
In reality, the space I’m thinking of turning from grass to garden would only be about 40 feet long and 2 feet wide. It’s the sunniest spot in the back yard and would make for the best garden patch. If I can even get a part of that ready for planting this month, I would like to plant some lettuce, radishes, onions and possibly some garlic. If time permits and I’m really motivated, I would plant a couple broccoli plants, cabbage plants and maybe even a few beets.
I don’t know what it is, but every time I plant beets the seeds germinate, they get a couple true leaves on them and then all signs that they were ever there are gone. I have a couple of ideas as to what is happening, but I don’t have any proof. My ideas include slugs or snails and rabbits. One day, I would like to explore this a little further.