Site Maps
with thanks to Nick Lasoff of Lasoff Landscape Design
Existing Conditions
Conceptual Design
Design Update
What we have learned so far:
Trees at the park were more frost nipped in early spring more that it seemed in our yards - we were not sure why.
When the culvert floods, our garden is inundated but the flooding is not regular enough to support a rain garden.
We are not at the park as often as we are in our own gardens. Manual watering that pulls us down there between work days is helpful so we have disassembled the irrigation barrels.
There is heavy weed pressure. Which combined with the frequency of our visits means we need a vigorous ground cover and polyculture.
We can not count on an easy flow of chips.
Our broadforking and alfalfa were effective at relieving compaction.
Trees at the park were more frost nipped in early spring more that it seemed in our yards - we were not sure why.
When the culvert floods, our garden is inundated but the flooding is not regular enough to support a rain garden.
We are not at the park as often as we are in our own gardens. Manual watering that pulls us down there between work days is helpful so we have disassembled the irrigation barrels.
There is heavy weed pressure. Which combined with the frequency of our visits means we need a vigorous ground cover and polyculture.
We can not count on an easy flow of chips.
Our broadforking and alfalfa were effective at relieving compaction.
Soil Report
Soil Testing Results
Photos: click on image to enlarge
Shortly after Irene
Looking eastward from the corner
of our edible forest site
Looking south to the river
looking west down the rest of the park
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Looking southeast with a bit of muddy river showing
Looking to the southwest into the rest of the park
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November 2011
Looking east - the EFG is planned for the area beyond the orange jacket
Looking down from the road to the southeast
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Digging soil samples in the north west corner
Along the river
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