Pics of when I redesigned my mother's garden in 2011.

[Alfredo]

Hello everyone,

Below are pics of when I redesigned my mother's garden in 2011. She had it planted in the ground against a long fence with Boston Ivy growing on it, which throughout the growing season would grow into her vegetable garden and get entwined with all her tomato plants...it was quite a mess, she was constantly trimming that boston ivy. I always wondered why she never just moved her garden away from the fence with all that ivy.

Toward the end of the 2010 growing season though, we noticed another type of ivy growing into her garden,...yes poison ivy...what joy.

Well, after removing both the boston ivy in her garden and the new poison ivy (end of 2010) I decided her garden should really be placed away from the fence with the numerous ivys growing on it. I eventually convinced her to try a raised garden bed (as she liked how my raised garden bed was over at my place), but it's probably more likely because I would be the one doing all the work in the redesign of her garden too...lol... Here are the pics of that project in the spring of 2011: (Warning: There's a lot of pics)

momsgardenapril16-2011.jpg Mom's garden against the fence of Boston ivy, before project starts. April 16, 2011.

step1diggingoutirisapril16-2011.jpg Step one, cut back Boston ivy and digged out irises. April 16, 2011.

movedirisweedsivy-2011.jpg Moved irises and removed weeds.

removedoldgardenapril16-2011.jpg Removed anything that was still growing in her old garden against the fence.

irisplantedmulchedapril16-2011.jpg Irises moved and planted against the shed and mulched (note: My mother likes that red mulch, I'm not too crazy about it, her garden though so). April 16, 2011.

iris2011.jpg Close-up of mulched irises.

iristwo2011.jpg Front view of mulched irises in front of the shed.

iristoplant.jpg Agh...too many irises to plant!
2nsirispatchapril16-2011.jpg A second Iris patch made.

irispatch2011.jpg A third Iris patch made.

moreiris-2011.jpg Close-up of the third iris patch.

woodframe4raisedbed.jpg Wood frame is cut and nailed together for the raised garden bed frame, I set it into place for where her new garden will be (away from the fence with Boston Ivy).

tillingsoilmay1-2011.jpg Tilling the soil about a foot and a half deep. May 1st, 2011.

fillingraisedbedwcompost-2011.jpg Filled the frame with several bags of compost and a couple bags of top soil (mostly compost though). Mixed all that in with the loosened soil in the ground. The frame is 8 inches high btw, filled it up to about 6 inches.

hostasmarigoldsplantedmay10-2011.jpg Variegated Hostas planted and mulched along the fence with Boston Ivy. Dwarf yellow marigolds planted around the border of the raised garden bed.

irisblooming-2011.jpg Irises are starting to bloom.
closeup-2011.jpg Close-up

vegherbsplantedmay22-2011.jpg Several Vegetables and herbs planted.

may27-2011.jpg Grass seed is sown in on bare areas surrounding the raised garden bed.

grassgrownfinishedmay31-2011.jpg Grass grows in. Redesign of my mother's garden is finished. May 31, 2011.

may31angle-2011.jpg Some different angles.

may31-2011.jpg June 3, 2011.

june3-2011.jpg View from behind the raised garden bed.

june3angle-2011.jpg Checking up on how her garden is doing early in the morning...love this quiet time for gardening.

birdeyeviewjune4-2011.jpg View of the garden from the second floor. June 4, 2011.

june6-2011.jpg June 6, 2011.

june7angled-2011.jpg June 7, 2011.

closeupangle-2011.jpg

frombehind-2011.jpg From behind.

june15-2011.jpg June 15, 2011.

june25-2011.jpg June 25, 2011.

june25closeup-2011.jpg Tomates starting to really grow. German Pink, Black Krim, Pruden's Purple. June 25, 2011.

june26-2011.jpg June 26, 2011.

wateringplantsjune26-2011.jpg Mom watering the window box behind the garden. June 26, 2011.

june26frombench-2011.jpg View from the bench.

momworkinggardenjune26-2011.jpg Mom working her garden. June 26, 2011.

july2-2011.jpg July 2, 2011.

garden-2011.jpg

momsgardenjuly23-2011.jpg July 23, 2011.

BlackKrim-2011.jpg Black Krim

GermanPink-2011.jpg German Pink

July23birdsview-2011.jpg View from second floor. July 23, 2011.

july23-2011.jpg July 23, 2011.

GpBkEgPCherry-2011.jpg German Pink, Black Krim, Early Girl, Patio and Cherry tomatoes.

If you made it this far I hope you enjoyed the photos. ~Alfredo