Evolution of a Garden

​This year one of my gardening goals was to get the potager (a fancy term for my vegetable garden) in better shape.  This garden has slowly evolved from a flower patch around a flag pole to a fenced in garden with raised beds and wide paths.  In this blog pictures will tell the story. 

Before & After:  left - June 2008; right - July 2018

In the past few years, the garden had gotten chaotic; paths were not defined, plants were self-seeding where I did not want them, and the landscape blocks were teetering making each step an adventure.  

Above:  June 2016

Here's what I did to clean things up: 

• Removed some perennials to allow for straighter paths and covered the paths with good quality landscape fabric and wood chips for sure footing
• Replaced landscape blocks with wood raised beds that my husband Don was so kind to design and construct
• Removed the plants that were unwanted like creeping jenny, chives, and mints that were invasive

I'm finding the garden much easier to work in, actually a joy to maintain and I can now find my vegetables without wading through the weeds.  

The pictures below tell the rest of the story, hover over the picture to see each step taken over the last decade.