Not As Easy as "Add A Foot or Two"

My garden is more than doubling.

There, I said it. Wow. More than doubling. I can do this! The size wasn't out of choice, but more of necessity. Let me explain.

My garden is in the corner of a field. Last year a soybean field, this year a corn field. Planted firmly in rich, Illinois soil! Black Gold! However, I have to take some things into account when planning my garden. The most important? I need to make it easy for Ryan's cousin Mark who farms the land, setting parameters that don't inconvenience him in any way.

Last year's parameters were simple: the east side of the garden would be a continuum of our yard, the north side would be aligned with the back of the shed. I was very happy with this manageable space for my first garden and Mark made it work.

After the success of last year's garden and my loads of free time, I wanted to add to my garden this year. So where were those easy lines? Not so quaint this year - that's for sure.

My boundaries on the east are pretty set in stone: our yard. However, the easiest point for the North boundary was much further than I had hoped. We aligned it with the other field, taking my North boundary from 14 ft 9 in to 64 ft 9 in!

Time for planning...stay tuned.