the early garden
april & may 2002

we started on the garden much too early. we got excited when the weather hit 80 degrees F in mid-april and I said to myself "well if I am going to garden, better start now!". wrong. we ordered tons of plants from ebay and then had nowhere to plant them. we didn't have any idea how to handle the bare-root plants we got and they suffered. the weather turned ugly and they suffered. several times we had to cover them at night due to frost warnings. we are shocked that they made it as well as they did.

as of june 5, it was still raining in deluges and there had been no sun for weeks. maybe this was just what those poor suffering plants needed because by june 10 they were doing much better.

view the progress of the prairie garden beds

• "prairie garden" - garage bed

  this was the very first bed that we planted in april 2002

• "prairie garden" - rear bed

  this is the second bed that we planted in april/may 2002

• early june 2002 rear side bed

  how we suspect many beds are created - on a whim

• proposed pond site

  "before" pictures of where the pond is being built

{ back to the garden's first season }