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Commenced:
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01/05/2013 |
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Submitted:
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14/05/2014 |
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Last updated:
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24/07/2016 |
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Location:
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1212 S. 26th Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US |
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Phone:
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9209010024 |
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Climate zone:
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Cold Temperate |
Before 2013 I was working my backyard into a companion planting and hugelkultur organic food growing production area for home grown natural food for the family. But post PDC, the sky's the limit!
Property boundary dimensions are 333' x 64', including house, garage, and shed. Am breaking the yard into zones, 1 & 2 primarily, with a wild land segment that already included English Walnuts. Of course Zone Zero is a fully insulated house having installed a solar air heater, solar water heater, and a solar electric system with nickel-iron batteries. Basement window replacement is next in line, then a large water tank, dreams until cash flow permits, as always.
Zone 1 as kitchen gardens are mostly in place, yet there is room to replace lawn grass with an herb spiral and more keyhole gardens, as the weather and time permits.
Zone 2 is loaded up! A polyculture of perennials, vines, bushes, and orchard trees. With a shed, hugelkulturs, three small fenced in gardens serving to incubate saplings with main crops, and one larger doubled fence garden being built up with beds for main crops plus orchard trees and vines through-out.
Bits of Zone 3, 4, and 5 in the remainder, with a low area at the back that will serve as a pond as time permits. There are well over 400+ permanent-type food production plants/trees now on the property in place, with a hundred+ more being incubated. I bet we can fit 1000 of them here! Thank you.
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Asparagus is a perennial that can be counted on to perform!
Cold climate polyculture
Taking advantage of a fence, with regard to sun and shade!
New design for small yards!
Rain water holding capability.
Hot composting - day 25!
My cold climate fall composting strategy on this backyard city lot.
Reducing bug pests
This house wren couple are not camera shy when they have young to feed!
Framing for a compost sifter
Simple design stronger than an elephant's leg. A necessary item for the city backyard where composting is an important function in building garden soil.
Every backyard deserves an herb spiral!
Small design for a tight space.