The Urban Farm Expands

When we changed the landscaping a couple of years ago, we tore out a couple of useless hedges and put in a retaining wall and some steps going down toward the canyon to give firefighters greater access to the canyon in case we have another fire there.

By doing this, we added about 150 square feet of level garden space and Cindy has been planning how to use it ever since then.  She originally wanted to plant some dwarf fruit trees, but decided to add some more Blueberry plants in grow bags and move the potato grow bags into that bed.

She put down the landscaping fabric and laid out the irrigation system and I built her some platforms out of scrap lumber so that we can elevate the grow bags so they aren't sitting directly on the ground.

She ran the basic irrigation lines in, then built the new panels to surround the bed so the varmints can't get at the blueberries or the potatoes.  These panels are different from the ones she has made for the other beds because they have the hardware cloth on the upper part and the plexiglass on the bottom.

Yesterday she planted the potatoes in the grow bags; as the potato plants grow, she'll keep covering the stems up with soil so the tubers will grow and eventually fill the bags.  The blueberry bushes are already blooming and buzzing with honey bees, so it's already functioning.  Soon we'll have blueberries and eventually more potatoes.