Haybale insanity...

My mom is a master gardener. She will be quick to explain to you, that doesn't mean she knows EVERYTHING about gardening, it just means that she's willing to learn more. Since she has joined the program, she goes to numerous farmers markets, attends all kinds of master gardener meetings, and takes Sean and I on some pretty cool gardening field trips.

One of the things she has learned about is haybale gardening. I know that sounds insane, but other people have done it, and EVEN been successful! Supposedly it's good for people that don't like to weed, bend over a lot, or have a lot of space to garden in (I qualify for ALL those! Yeah!). After some preparation, Sb and I decided to plant yesterday...Here's the haybales, that have been all prepared and have a thin layer of manure, followed by a layer of soil added.

I ALMOST forgot to add, my husband added drip-irrigation for each plant to the mix. Seriously, a drip irrigation system...which just reminds me what a engineering-structural-logical-minded person that I really married. He planted two tomatoes, a cucumber, and a green pepper. Might I add, each with their own drip irrigation.


The green pepper likes it sooo much, it's already producing...either that or we bought it so late in the season that it already had a pepper on it, I can't remember which..hmmmmmm....please also note the flip-flop in the above picture...SB wearing flip-flops is a RARE occasion..he had to buy some in Mexico, because I refused to walk on the beach with a guy in boots...

Our finished product! I guess we will see what happens...if we don't have tomatoes or green peppers to make chimi-changas and salsa about mid-July, we will just go find our local master gardener...I'm SURE she will have some!