Our Homestead

We live on a quarter acre lot in suburban Phoenix, Arizona.  We have 5 garden beds and various fruit bearing trees and shrubs.  We have a small flock of chickens with 2 hens.  Our family is making a big move to Tennessee in June to start a new homestead.

Main garden beds:

February 2011

 

May 2011

 

April 2012

This is what is left of our main garden beds this year.  My chickens keep breaking in to the fenced off garden and digging up my beds. 

Main garden area before removing the sod:

Soon the sod will be removed and replaced with raised garden beds and our clothesline.

 Sod is now removed.

Sod is now removed. Next we will be building garden beds and putting rock down.

 

New raised garden beds we made ourselves

 
Small gravel has been spread where the grass used to be which has cut our water bill by at least $60 a month!
 
Spring 2012:
 

Snap beans, carrots, potatoes, radishes, and cilantroRomaine, spinach, dill, cilantro, and broccoli

 

Romaine, spinach, dill, cilantro, and broccoli

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