Cort's Vegetable Garden

In early 2002 I started work on my vegetable garden. The soil analysis showed high salinity and 2.5% organic material. Not anywhere near what a good garden needs! So, with Val's help, I built raised beds, surrounded them with underground gopher fence and put in nutrient and organic rich soil. Here's the photo journal of it!

The "before" photos:

The real farm next to the garden on a windy, dusty winter day:

After digging up goatheads, bindweed and "scrag" I put down weed netting:

To hold down the netting during the windy season, I put bags of bark on it:

After spreading out the bark and adding posts for the trellis:

The first plant (Jalapeno) germinating:

The "after" photos taken mid-July, 2002:

Both the cucumber and tomato beds:

Cucumber (left) and Tomato (right) beds:

The first cucumber and dill harvest: