But in actual fact I like to plan things in my head..
With at least one or two or five backup plans just in case.
It's not the traditional way of planning I suppose (unlike my daughter who writes very detailed lists which she actually sticks to!)...
I dont even think that its traditional THINGS that I plan.. More like the end result which I visualize ,, without all of the details of how to get there.... difficult to explain but none the less, planning of sorts...
ANYWAY... here is a drawing of the swales in our garden and where some of the trees are..
I also put in our gazebo (which we have started already (planted the poles and 3 grape plants, all different kinds... lets see how they do)...
the size of the property isnt too big.. 1.8 hectares but just right to handle (actually its quite a job to handle but at least I can almost see where it ends) AND I do have helping hands.. (thank goodness)
Yes I know.... I do realize that the top poles of the gazebo arent on yet... and I do know that my father in law is going to cringe when he sees it because they are probably going to have to come down to drill the holes BUT all of this I have planned for in my HEAD you see.... I also have an overwhelming tendency to do things VERY fast just so that there is something to work with...
Fixing is easier then waiting!
P.s. He, (my father in law that is), is coming to stay next week.. EEEEEkk.. no really.. Im glad,, Im going to use his wonderful building brain and skills and pick his mind for ideas... (I'm going to have to hold him down though because he can't just advise, he has to DO stuff, crazy difficult things that are humanly impossible for 1 man to do)..
My hopes are to fill the pathway bit with woodchips (or whatever I can find)... and the sitting part with cement slabs...
Just imagine.. lounging about on a hot summers day in the midst of the food forrest and just having to reach up and grab juicy bunch grapes. (end result planned in my head)..
or we could use the poles to swing on like monkey bars (back up number one)... or we could take the poles out and use them as swords during an alien invasion (back up plan number two).. or........
2nd step of plan.. Get some trees.. There are already about 15 fruit trees planted very close together in rows... Best thing to do is to mulch them like crazy, get rid of the grass covering them and give them a pole for the wind..
We put soaking wet cardboard around the base of the existing trees (over the weeds), covered it with compost (dont have too much of my own ready so I ordered a huge bucky load of horse manure and black soil mix).. and then covered that with old sticks (Old Kale stems chopped up that were lying around and mowed grass, anything and everything... (no point in moving the trees when they are planted already)...
Have to say that it worked... Some had no leaves and were smothered in black mouldy bugs from head to toe.. Looking very sad... In about 2 weeks they were flourising !!
I ordered about 35 trees (so far) (the biggest that they had) from a wholes sale nursery.. All of our favourite fruits.. (I'ts far cheaper ordering wholesale, remember to do that)..
Narchi, lemon, litchi, mango, macadamia, banana, apricot, all the berries that you can think of, apples... ... just everything on the list... Some knowledgeable people have stifled giggles when they heard my list because some of the trees that I have planted aren't perfectly suited to this climate.. (like the macadamia for instance, which likes VERY cold winters) - nothing that watering in winter with icy water cant solve.. he he... I'll let you know if it works.
This tree grew leaves in 2 weeks after planting.. there is something about this area and soil that is magical.. I just know it !!
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