Saturday, June 21, 2014

Making the most from what you find...

Well this is year two of the Upcycled Farms - Reno Division grow.  It had been almost 10 years since I was able to put together a small patch of dirt to work and grow stuff, and when we moved in to this rental house the first thing I looked for was a spot to throw some seeds down.

The back yard was basically a blank slate with nothing but dirt, a couple of rose bushes, a lilac bush, and a huge tree. The house does have a decent size elevated deck to do some entertaining on though. Oh the possibilities.

The first thing was to determine which area was best suited for growing, as it turned out, the 10 ft section between the back fence and that big tree was the most promising but it was sloped about 30 degrees, covered in shade from the tree and the ground was terrible dirt with red clay about 4 inches down, with lotso rocks.

No comments:

Post a Comment