The green squares are already planted, the white are purchased but need to go in the ground, and the blue are ollas (pronounced "oya") which is basically an underground irrigation system. They're normally made of unglazed terra cotta, which allows the water to leach through the clay into the soil, but we're going makeshift this year, until I can get the studio set up and make some terra cotta jars.
I know it's impossible to read as-is, but here's what we've got, from left-right. If you click on the pic to enlarge, you should be able to see exactly what's where.
- Box 1: green beans, peas, zucchini, and cucumbers. The circle in front is asparagus.
- Box 2: Bell, Ancho, and Cherry peppers, leeks, scallions, and white onions. The circle behind is strawberries.
- Box 3: white and red potatoes, garlic, red onions, and broccoli. The two circles behind are blueberry bushes.
- Box 4: watermelon, carrot, basil, Bibb and Romaine lettuces, and cantaloupe. (The carrots and radishes haven't sprouted at all. I think I killed them before the seeds even made it into the ground!)
- Box 5: sweet potatoes, with rhubarb in front.
- The terra cotta planters along the back edge are herbs and a few small flowers.
Box #2
Box #3
Box #4
*Mr. Meatball is getting decidedly skinny these days. He needs a new nickname, something less... rotund. I'll see if I can come up with some other meat-related pseudonym for him without resorting to the obvious.
