Xeike Tull

The bigger space I'm planting with common must-haves - peppers, broccoli, asparagus, brussels sprouts, tomatoes, corn(blech), potatoes, etc... I plan on sharing with a bunch of my friends who can't afford to buy organic. So the space I have I'm hoping will be enough to supply me, them, and put away for canning. Not just my own family I'm feeding.

As for the pond, I don't want the muck to stay there. lol

I'm thinking of getting a sump, and pumping the muck into the big garden to till it in and help enrich the soil. Then I can get a good scrape of muck out of the pond, and see about putting in some plants or fish that will eat any muck that accumulates from there... I haven't decided yet.

Far as I know, the wasps have been invading here in spades for at least the last ten years. Forty or more years ago, this was cow pasture. Whoever owned it before our grandfather had so many cows on it that it turned the ground all choppy from them being in it all the time. Then once our grandfather bought the place, he didn't do ANYTHING with it. No animals, no sowing, no cutting, no anything...

So we have 10 acres. 5 are wooded (DENSELY) with ultra-thick ground cover in the form of crazy shrubs, thickets, bushes, and vines, and the other half is armpit-high grass, thistles, and filbert trees that never produce any nuts. lol

Then the little quarter acre garden, and the space around the foot of the house to grow in.

And a pond; but it's full of slime and about four feet of sludge, with frogs and salamanders. I want to clean it out and get something in there to keep it nice... but... have no idea how to do that either... Big plans, limited means. lol

And yes, we're in Washington, south of Chehalis, North of anything noteworthy. lol

Thank you!

And yes, I meant strictly ornamental.

If we keep the property we're on, I intend to plant about an acre of clover at the foot of the hill, and see about a honey bee hive! I just need my daughter to be big enough that she can be plopped in front of a movie while mama goes to check on the bees. Not quite there yet!

A big problem we have right now is wasps, so I can't really bring honey bees in until we deal with them. I've heard that wasps will drive out or straight up kill honey bees. I'm not sure if these are wasps or hornets, but I'm thinking they're paper wasps, judging by the dozens of little nests I take down and drown all summer long. (Or burn, depending where they are.)

So far, these wasps are the only thing besides deer that really seem to be flourishing on our property. lol One pest at a time I suppose though... Are you sure the alpine strawberries would do well there? I thought all berries needed full sun?

The space is right underneath our living room window, so I'm hesitant to put in raspberries because they'd climb and obscure the view out the window. The view isn't ornamental, it lets me see down the hill to the pasture, and get a clear shot on coyotes that are coming after my livestock.

Hello everyone! I'm new, and I have an issue I'd like to get some help with.

I want to make the most of my space, and I HATE flowers. Especially daffodils. If I am going to put effort into growing something, I'd like it to give back - ideally in food. I have a quarter acre full sun garden bordered with apple and pear trees that, if I can get a good load of venison into my freezer this year, should flourish. lol

However, I am ripping out the flowers from around the foot of my house, and I want to put in something productive. However, the space that is the biggest, only gets sun from dawn until 11am-12pm or so. The rest of the day, it is shadowed by the house.

All my seeds are full sun, and I already have my leafy greens planted out in the main garden. I was hoping to put up some pole beans in this space, but I'm afraid the lack of sun would make the planting doomed to fail.

I'm starting to think I might just have to leave that as a spot for a cover crop of clover or something for my rabbits, but I'd much prefer a vegetable of some sort.

Any ideas? It's on the east side of my house, we're on a hill so morning sun is unobstructed.