A quick History Of Casa Valencia Gardens
We began in May of 2022 and it did not complete until November 2022 with the delivery of 85,000 pounds of soil! Here are a few snaps but if you want to see the "blow by blow", we kept a record here.
Its all in the planning!
Materials came little by little!
Did baby dig!
We found a few rocks a;long the way!
We arranged for a bigger digger!
The ground was a little hard.
The foundations were coming along.
The plumbing was run and forms established.
SNAKE!!!!! Nope, we pumped concrete 200 feet into the south fourty!
The wall foundations were set.
Up come the walls!
Almost ready for the caps.
How high are the beds? One Mary's butt height (when sitting)
The capos are one, now we the concrete walkways!
Ask and thee shall receive!
We went first class! And outside sink to wash the veggies!
We moved 85,000 pounds of dirt into the beds!
The drip system comes to life!
The first plans were berries!
We got a few plants at H&H in Long Beach
Papa plants some flowers and rolls the hose!
Declared open for business in mid-November!
During the winter, we just planted a few items but we had lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli; radishes, peas and kale for wintertime salads. Here are a few snaps of the inter garden prior to adding amendments.
Our garden is ready BUT it is not summer time so we cheated and planted a winter garden in part of the new beds.
Mary and I made many trips to the local nurseries and collected several types of fruits and veggies such as strawberries, black berries, raspberries, Swiss chard, beets, broccoli, cabbage, many types of pears, onions, and other "winter vegetables".
This first garden might be "iffy" since the soil is brand new and the analysis is yet to be made. We did add some typical nutrients along with the perlite so we will watch and see what happens.
Decisions Decisions!
The First Planting Was On 10/23/2022
We got a few plants at Home Depot, tilled the soil, added some soil amendments, and in-they-went. Mary did the honors and found it easy to do!
Two blackberries and an Ollaberry!
We planted a few more in the first standalone planter.
The Next Planting Was November 11th 2022 When We Had Straw For Mulch!
We are talking serious gardening now with mulching. We planted strawberries, cabbage, broccoli, onions, Swiss chard, and other items completing the planting with an inch or so of straw!
The garden is starting to come alive
Look at them, snuggled in their beds!
We needed peas and with peas, they need something to climb on!
Now we are talking garden!
November 11th We Stepped Up Our Game! H&H Here We Come!
Mary has a truck load!
Marry allowed me to pick one (and only one) plant!
(When I got the giant Venus Flytrap, we allowed me more)
Mary loves flowers so we put in Sweat Peas at the end of the large bed.
We drank the champagne instead of hitting it on the sign!
