I now have a new printer and have begun using the garden planner I purchased earlier this year. I have mapped out our garden on grid paper, but I also like mapping it on an aerial photo (this one's from Google Earth) and pasting it into a drawing program to add the ground features. It just gives us a more realistic perspective, I think. All the white boxes or lines are our planting areas, both raised and in-ground beds. If they aren't labeled, they are still empty. It should also go without saying that the beds are absolutely not-to-scale.
Shane and I have been simultaneously planning on paper and planting in soil. So far, we have planted a largish potato patch, two new gooseberry bushes, as well as transplanting about 75 strawberry plants to a new pyramid.
While I'll try not to neglect the blog entirely, you can expect that posting will be more erratic for a while. I apologize in advance for absences that are sure to happen, and will post if/when spare moments and inspiration coincide.
