July 6th, 2007
the fire garden
Earlier this spring, I mentioned that we relocated our vegetable garden to a sunnier part of our gardens. The raised bed gardens we built many years ago are now shaded by large trees. We decided to put down a few patio stones and also built a small hearth where we could have an occasional wood fire for roasting vegetables. We didn’t go to much bother to build this garden — between going to the building supply place to get some patio stones and wood, me sawing and hammering to put the wood frames together, and Don shoveling in soil, we had the whole thing assembled in about 8 hours. Over the next couple of days, I transplanted all of the vegetable I’d started in our living room window. I also planted an assortment of greens and herbs in a bunch of rectangular containers purchased at a dollar store. They sit on the patio stones on the inside of the the raised beds. We’re already getting tons of greens, radishes, basil, and zucchinis. The tomato, pepper and eggplants are growing huge and loaded with assorted varieties. There’s more than enough of what we can eat. We call it the Fire Garden. It’s nothing fancy but suits our lifestyle. Just a nice place to sit and read or eat a meal. Here are a few photos taken a couple of days ago (click on images to see larger views).
