Nice! My Kiwi is starting to vine nicely but it isn’t showing any fruit yet. It was supposed to be self pollinating.
Last year was the first year we saw fruit and that took 3 or 4 years from planting. The patience thing sucks.
Your right about that. I kind of figured it was because it was still a young plant. This is the second year that it climbed Properly.
You’ll have to let me know how you like those hardy kiwis. I’ve heard very mixed things in them.
Holy shit that’s a lot of rocks. That’s very different. Why did you go that route?
i have a deer, squirrels and chipmunks problem. i fenced off my little garden the best i could. everyone morning i getup there are always a few deer out in backyard.
Sounds cool. I agree with the assessment I was just thinking wow that’s some coin and a lot of work.Oh, you noticed?
It's a keyhole garden- you basically build out of whatever solid materials you have a lot of handy- in my case that would be... rocks! I forget where the wife picked up on it first but it's one of those Peace Corps-kinda things. I recall seeing photos of ones made out of clay/mud, sticks, etc when we were planning it. And yeah, none of that is "delivered" rock. Who wants to trade rocks for dirt? I have a lot of the former and not much of the latter, lol!
Our soil here blows. Keyhole lets you make very good soil very quickly (you compost in the center). The rock walls will last a lot longer than any wood though you have to basically dig out and resettle and "repoint" every couple years or so. I need to do some work on them but won't until next year, they're good enough for this year.
Because it's a circle you can also get a lot of growing area that you can get to easily (allegedly moreso than a rectangular raised bed covering the same area- I haven't checked this mathematically, going by what the wife tells me). The main thing for us was that as long as you're turning it over and doing it right it basically composts itself. It's also supposed to be high yield when properly companion planted.
It's also taller than a raised bed but still sits on the ground (and you fill in the first few layers with logs rather than dirt). Easier on the back.
PS but YES IT WAS A PAIN IN THE ASS TO BUILD.
That sucks about your fruit trees. Like you I always wanted my own fruit trees. I always meant to plant a few when my kids were growing up but work and life just got in the way. Now that I have grandkids I’ve revisited that dream and planted a couple for them to hopefully enjoy when they visit. Not to mention that I love apples, peaches and pears!
That’s not a bad thought.
