This is my small quest to achieve some sort of self-reliance (I think that the term self-sufficiency is a little too grandiose for what I am able to achieve). From small tasks such as baking your own bread, to growing your own vegetables (urban farming!) and making your own preserves, I believe that you are able to take back a little bit of control of your life and have fun at the same time.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
My New Backyard
This is a picture of my new backyard, or to be precise the back of my yard. the house is to one side of the lot and so there is a bit of garden to one side, but this used to be a driveway to a workshop. we are not going to use the workshop per se, so this driveway is open to be developed for a veg garden. I am currently thinking that I will install two 4ftx20ft beds eventually, but that is a lot of gravel to move so baby steps.
This is to the one side of the driveway. There is a shed and some kind of extension that I think can be used as a greenhouse, especially if I install another window. I may also add some kind of coldhouse at the bottom of the windows. This area gets Sun all year round, so it'll be a good area to develop for crops like tomatoes, I think.
This is to the side of the house. It will receive Sun during the Summer but I do not know when the Sun will be high enough to get over the roof of the house. I won't be developing this area this year, but will keep an eye on the situation over the year so that I can make a plan for next year.
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