This
is how the garden site looked on 29 March 1999, after
the snowiest winter in 50 years.
I had
to build a wildlife fence around the garden, since the
surrounding forest is full of moose, deer and hares. The
fence is almost 7 feet tall.
We dug
a small pond, lined it with a rubber pond liner and had
the volunteer fire department fill it with water. Around
the pond, we established two concentric perennial beds.
By the
end of June, the vegetable garden was thriving in the
hot weather. The greenhouse is screened with a sheet to
keep the temperature down.
Henrik
and Linnea turning the soil after the broccoli has been
harvested.
The tomatoes, corn and beans
gave a bumper crop in 1999 thanks to the hottest summer
in 50 years.
