So, I mentioned before, that I am trying to start us in a garden club in the neighborhood. Well, they let us in!! Wooo hoo!! We are plot #94 of the North Park Village Garden Club.
The plot is about 10 feet wide by about 20 feet long. It is completely covered in weeds and lemon balm. My neighbor has been a member of the NPVGC for 30 some odd years and the plot I am on used to be her son's.
The last couple of Saturdays I have spent a couple of hours trying to get the plot in order. Since we are at the end of the growing season, we're basically just doing getting the paths on either side of the plot in good order and clearing the weeds. I am probably going to put some weed paper down, which will help keep the weeds from taking it back. But, it's not terrible to spend all day pulling weeds when they smell like lemon balm.
I have been doing some reading on the matter, and think I might go with the square foot garden method. I am real tempted to put in some strawberry beds though. I don't have to give the plot up every year. If I want this plot next year, I can have it. I would love to just have some strawberries. But It would be 2 years before they start producing. No one else seems to have strawberries, so maybe that is because they don't grow well in our area. I don't know. Maybe I should just stick to carrots and garlic?
And, I am not saying this is going to happen. I am just saying. That, if they don't watch themselves, I going to get all up in there and figure out how to have chickens or bees. Just sayin.
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