I would love to see pictures of your bog conversion. Very interesting.
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I would love to see your big garden too!
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Itās a work in progress! Iāll be adding more to it in May when the Hartmanns order is in. But Iāll be adding more sphagnum moss before then. Iāll try to get some pictures tomorrow after I put another wheelbarrow load on.
Oh I wouldnāt call it bigā¦ But Iām trying to make the most of what I have available.
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I adore hellstrip gardening (I see my thread was posted below). Here are my thoughts.
- I wouldnāt grow anything edible in a hellstrip as-is.
Thereās so much disgusting stuff sloshing aroundā¦ oil and grease dripping from cars, salt and deicing chemicals, dog pee and poo - and sometimes people depending on where you live - and who knows what else. You donāt want that in your body.
An exception is if you use raised beds, and fill it with good soil.
- Hellstrips are so dry and out in the open!
Itās hard to water them properly, in most places - it can be far for hoses (depending on situation), setting up drip irrigation is tricky due to the sidewalk, and itās just a space that tends to be more arid and deserty than the rest of the space. (For context, my trees all have a good layer of moss and lichen, we have mushrooms pop up everywhereā¦ and still my hellstrip is a deserty dry baked strip of land.)
[Edit: ah I see you have a water tap there and can actually run drip lines - concern removed!]
Thatās my personal reason for looking for tough native plants that are drought-resistant.
That said, raised beds can help meditate that, with the volume of soil and sun protection, especially if thereās any water-holding stuff inside like punky wood.
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Pawpaws would need major shading in the first few years, and even then Iām dubious how well they would do in a harsh spot like a hellstrip?
Half of my pawpaws croaked even with light tree shade and shadecloth.
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