With summer well on its way, the days have been long and hot and smokey. I finally got up on the roof yesterday to hook up our swamp cooler and decided to bring my camera with me to get a birds eye view of our yard.
Now, here’s a little factoid about me…I don’t like heights. I’m not terrified of them, I just don’t like them…and our house is a two story, so it’s even worse. I don’t like climbing up or down ladders and I don’t like standing too close to the edge of the roof…for some unknown reason I fear the whole house is going to collapse out from under me.
Anyhow, I brought my camera up there with me and stood as close as I could to the edge and took a few pictures of the yard below. Everything growing is listed from the right to the left along the fences and walls. In the center of the front yard is our struggling lawn 🙂
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| From right to left along the fence line… Under the Juniper tree are the snap peas and broccoli. Next to them are the chamomile, echinacea and bunching onions. Then we have the strawberries and rhubarb. Next is a couple of tomatoes, some just sprouted sunflowers and some over wintered garlic. Behind the love seat is our first Frankenstein Apple Tree. |
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| Next to the first apple tree is our corner bed with three tomatoes, two tomatillos, four hubbard squash and a watermelon. Behind the chair is our second Frankenstein Apple Tree. In the small pot is a Yellow Taxi Tomato and a few beets. Next is our 4×5 raised bed that holds a few tomatoes, basil, carrots, jalapenos & cayenne peppers as well as the overwintered beets and kale that are still going to seed. On the other side of the bed is a strawberry pot, our Frankenstein Pear Tree and an old pot of bunching onions that has gone to seed. There are potatoes growing in the yellow trash can. |
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| Next to the pear tree you see our 4X6 raised bed which holds garlic, sweet corn, beets & bush beans as well as snap peas and over wintered turnips and radishes that are still going to seed. Next to the bed is our Frankenstein Cherry Tree, a lilac in the corner and our Apricot tree right in the middle of the shot. On the other side of the wall, you see the roof of our chicken coop. |
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| We are now in the back yard and this is our chicken run 🙂 The tree you see next to the chicken run shades a big corner of our backyard… |
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| This is the big tree 🙂 Under this massive tree is our outdoor chicken brooder, compost pile, some potatoes growing in an old kiddie pool and some more growing in another trash can, some pole and bush beans and a couple of tomatoes. Oh! there are also a couple of cabbage growing in big pots. |
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| A portal comes off the back of our house and partially shades our back porch. Under that portal we have several pots growing with eggplant, mint and carrots. There are also two raised beds built in front of the support beams of the portal in which pole beans, tomatoes and carrots are growing. Along the back wall we have honeysuckle and wild flowers. In the raised bed against the back wall (about center in this pic) we have a cherry tomato, a couple of peppers and a few spaghetti squash. In the bed along the back wall next to the pallets are snap peas and broad beans. These will be replaced with more tomatoes when it’s time to pull them out. |
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| These are our newest raised beds… From front to back and left to right we have: (left) asparagus and (right) corn, beets & beans… our tiny herb garden (left) tomatillos, jalapenos, luffa & zucchini and (right) tomatoes & peppers, tomatoes & peppers, (left) potatoes and (right) summer squash and butternut squash. Beyond those beds you see our top bar hive surrounded by the pallets that are still waiting to be planted out. |
Alright, I think that’s it! I’m sure I have forgotten to list something, but this is a start 🙂
That is so cool to see it from above, I thought you had more space than that, pictures from ground level you cant really tell how small it is. Great post thanks 🙂
Yeah…our lot is tiny at only 1/8 acre 🙂 It works for now though!
I completely understand about the house collapsing! I feel the same exact way…except I’m a very big girl, so I feel that way about chairs, decks and anything that could collapse under my weight. When we lived in Michigan, we lived in this amazing historic home. One morning while drinking my coffee, I opened the door to the back deck and thought to myself, “If I go out on this deck its gonna fall down” and POOF! I walked out and the whole damn thing collapsed. I’ve done it to chairs too. LOL Okay the chairs were old but still! heehee
I LOVE your tour of your patch of paradise.
You’ve inspired me now to get Dom up on the roof to take photos of our land. What? Yes, I’m chicken shit! But he’s not. Unfortunately, when he takes photos you’ll see mostly WEEDS. If tumbleweeds were profitable (puncturevine too)we’d be on our way to France for a much needed vacation. 🙂
Oh my goodness! I can’t believe that the deck collapsed! I hope you didn’t get hurt! However, I’m wondering if it was a lesson to you to listen to your intuition?
I can’t wait to see a birds eye view of your property! Yay for Dom 😉
Very nice! Everything looks so nice, neat and organized!
How is broody doing?
Wow you have a lot going on! I love the “Frankenstein” trees.
Ha! Yeah, we’ve packed it in as much as possible while still leaving some “living” space 🙂 Our Frankenstein trees are the best! We’re very excited about their production this year!
Thanks Allison! Broody is doing fine. She’s still on her own in the outdoor brooder. She doesn’t have anything to sit on (eggs or thermometers) so she’s moving around a lit more than she has been. I’m hoping she’ll start laying eggs again and stop the foolishness, but I’m still not sold on the idea. Time will tell. Thanks for asking!