2018 Master Plan: The Swingset Quadrant

Continuing around the garden to the swingset quadrant, we have our planting plan for the 2018 season:


On the left, as always, is the asparagus. It’s not nearly as productive as it once was, so this spring we will try renovating it by resetting the crowns lower in the earth and adding some lime to counteract the soil acidity from a nearby evergreen tree. 

Across the top are perennial grapes and herbs — nothing to see there. 

Along the right side is space for Jenny Lind melons, which is a new variety of small, green fleshed melons. This is an heirloom variety popular among the Pennsylvania Dutch, and we got the seeds on a trip to the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum last spring. There’s also a potato patch.

Along the bottom is a very small length of trellised cucumbers, which will be for slicing. We have tons of pickles from last summer, so we won’t be planting any pickling cukes at all. There’s also an assortment of dill, arugula, beets and cauliflower. 

If you’re thinking that these planting areas look smaller than in the past, you are correct. We are downsizing the garden this season, which I will explain in more detail in future planning posts.

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