2013 New Garden

[Wds83]

Last year I did a small 15' X 18' garden and used plastic mulch. Wasnt to happy with the plastic mulch still getting a lot of weeds in between the rows.
Here is a picture of last years garden



This year I decided to make the garden much bigger..30'X40'
and make it a weed free garden (if possible..lol)

I started in the spring removing the sod (Next time I will hired a guy with a bobcat!)



I decided on using garden mats this year instead of the plastic mulch. I also put drips lines in under the mats to cut back on watering time this year. Around the edges of the mats I'm using a landscape fabric which I will cover with grass clippings.
Here are a few pictures:









I'm using a 3 ft vinyl fence just to keep out my Lab. He loves Peppers.
Here is my list of plants which I started many of them in greenhouse I put up in Feb.

Peppers (6 different types)
Green Beans (3 varieties)
Peas (Snap and Bush)
Lettuce (2 varieties)
Onions (2 varieties)
Radishes
Egg Plant
Broccoli
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Tomatoes (Oxheart,Kosovo,Grape,and a few different varieties)

Have everything planted just need to stake the Tomatoes and put up a trellis for the Sugar Snap Peas. Also have to put the grass mulch around the perimeter. Hopefully I wont have much weeding to do this year.....

[Salsacharley]

Very nice space. How are you going to make it "weed free"?

[Fred Hempel]

WOW!!

[Wds83]

Originally Posted by Salsacharley

Very nice space. How are you going to make it "weed free"?

Hopefully the only place I have to weed is right around the plant. I figured I give tha mats a shot this year.

[Wds83]

Here is a picture of the harbor freight green house I bought used for $75.00 and put up this March. Helped a lot starting the plants.

[halleone]

Really nice! I'm excited for you.....

[Deborah]

You have a beautiful place.

[Sun City Linda]

WOW that is quite the set up! I have never seen those mats before.

[Salsacharley]

What a deal on that greenhouse! It looks like you're hitting the ground running this year.

[Riceloft]

Looks great. I wish I had that kind of space!

[Master_Gardener]

What is the green fabric made of and how did you cut all those nice and neat looking holes in it?

[Crandrew]

looks awesome and you have a beautiful property!

[Wds83]

Thank you everyone for the compliments.

Originally Posted by Master_Gardener

What is the green fabric made of and how did you cut all those nice and neat looking holes in it?

Its a polypropylene fabric. It comes in 8 different hole patterns for a variety of vegetables. Its 4ft wide and comes in 3 lenghts (6 ft 12 ft 18 ft)

[ddsack]

I can tell you don't like weeding!

I've never seen that type of pre-holed fabric before. Does it have a brand name? Were you able to get it locally? Please post some more pictures as your garden grows, and let us know how it works out for you.

[Wds83]

Originally Posted by ddsack

I can tell you don't like weeding!

I've never seen that type of pre-holed fabric before. Does it have a brand name? Were you able to get it locally? Please post some more pictures as your garden grows, and let us know how it works out for you.

Mats are called Garden Mats you could get them online....I bought mine online. Just search Garden Mats only one place that sells them.

I will keep posting as the garden grows