Le Petite Potager

Well I have been working on the potager getting it ready for planting.  It doesn’t look so great now, but by the end of summer it will be fabulous.  We are still adding compost and trying to better the soil.  I know this will take several years, but if we keep working at it, it will be black gold before we know it.

In this picture, I have laid some stepping stones at both of the open ends and filled the path with mulch.  This will provide a nice walking space for getting to things in the garden.  I also took my arbor that someone ran into this winter and put it over the entrance to the potage.  I then moved my two New Dawn roses that survived being run over and put one on either side.  It doesn’t look like much now, but they have already started growing like crazy.  I am envisioning them covering the arbor and how lovely they will look in full bloom.

I also intend to make or have made a sign to hang on the top of the arbor that says, Le Petite Potager.  The left side of the garden is surrounded by cedar logs and the right side is made out of cinder blocks that we got for free.  I intend to fill each hole in the blocks with dirt and plant strawberries and lettuce and maybe a few flowers here and there.  Should look great once everything gets growing.  I am trying to waste no space.  Also at the back of the path you can see 3 pots.  These will be getting planted and moved and our compost bin will go there.  We are waiting to put that in because the neighbor behind us is putting in a new fence.  Once he is done with that, we can then put in the compost bin.

I will be putting in my bush beans tomorrow in the left garden.  I have already planted my french beans and peas in the garden by the chicken pen.  I am going to space out some of my planting so they don’t all come at once.  But I do want to get a lot of bush beans at once so I can can.  Hopefully it is going to be a busy summer!