All right!
Made terrific progress on the move iris make into root veggie bed project.
I got all the Tall Bearded Iris moved and replanted and I also have moved the dutch iris. Everything is weeded. Well, by everything I mean both the replanted section of the iris bed and the section that will be veggies.
Then I went and measured it. It is 4 feet wide, actually 4 feet 8 inches but the edger pavers that outline each side of the bed are 4 inches wide each. So I end up with a 4 foot wide bed. Then the length turned out to be 8 and a half feet. That measures from the cucumber trellis to just in front of the first iris clump.
Now I need to rake it and neaten it up so that it would be ready to plant. Hurry for new veggie bed. The funny part all this and all the daylily beds you see around it used to be my veggie bed before I converted it to daylilies.
And the iris section looks pretty good.
The reason I am saying root veggies as opposed to oh, trellis with vineing plants or a tomato plant section is that I don't want to ruin the looks of the backyard by blocking the view or going tall. Looking across the backyard is just stunning when things like spring bulbs and then later daylilies are in bloom. So I am planning on lower growing crops and I really want root veggies. I feel root veggies are not so suitable for pots and are best in ground.
I have so many seeds. Golden beets, parsnips, onion seed, rutabaga, kolrabi, baby carrots and four different turnip varieties.
