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2026
Raised bed gardening
And containers
Maura planted flowers and vegetables on the west deck along with a Sungold tomato plant at the south garden.
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Fence extended
We added two panels and moved two existing panels to add about 600 square feet to the east side of the garden.
More raised beds
Trellises
We used a cattle panel from Wilco, the farm store, as a trellis.
Some gardeners take such a long cattle panel, bending it to create an arch from one bed to another. Our garden layout didn't allow the extra space required so we cut one in half and mounted each in a raised bed.
We intended to grow pole beans, and “something else,” which turned out as an experiment in growing winter squash on a trellis.
Fruit trees
The six fruit trees added in 2025 grew well except for the plum and the cherry:
Glacier cherry
Some bugs took over many of the leaves, setting up colonies and spreading, consuming leaves as they went.
We treated the tree with a mild solution of neem oil, which eventually dispersed the colonies.
Stanley plum
Its leaves were affected with unknown assailants. As with the cherry, the mild neem oil solutions cleared this eventually.
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