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Gardens that are no longer in use, and what was grown in them.

A garden becomes inactive when it is marked as inactive, and its plantings are marked as finished. They stay here as a record of what was grown.

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Cove bed

2023 · 1 planting

Raised bed next to the greenhouse Dome, in a rock niche

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Mushroom bin

2023 · 1 planting

Compost bay with mix of cardboard and yard waste, intended to grow oyster mushrooms

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Stone Ridge Orchard

2019 · 1 planting

Small gaps, hopefully about the right size for tree roots, between the boulders at the top of the stone hill.

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stone hill plot

2018–2021 · 31 plantings

Shallow (15 cm) sandy soil over rocky outcropping, held in by a low stone border

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Root Garden

2020 · 5 plantings

Bottom of the hill, next to the woodshed. Soil deep but sandy.

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Pyracanthus garden

2019–2021 · 7 plantings

Raised bed against the house, about half taken up by an enormous pyracanthus bush.

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Mountain-facing vinyard

2020 · 1 planting

Plot on the back hill, faces the mountain. Good sun, but stony, and doesn't hold water well.

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Lusitanica garden

2020 · 1 planting

Against deck stairs, where the Prunus Lusitanica used to be, before we chopped it up and tried to grow tastier things there.

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Lower Stone Hill Plot

2019–2020 · 12 plantings

A second, lower terrace on the stone hill, dug out along the driveway.

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inset bed

2018–2021 · 7 plantings

Small square bed built into the deck. Contains occaisional bones, for no clear reason.

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Halfway orchard

2020 · 4 plantings

A meter-and-a-half wide ledge that protrude from a less steep part of the cliff. Bit of a scramble to get too, but it catches...

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Dining Room containers

2019–2021 · 15 plantings

Collection of miscellaneous containers on the dining room table.