This is the start of my little project, The Maplewild Project. My goal is to turn my yard, a piece of second growth forest land into an organic vegetable and herb farm.
The project began before I realized what I wanted to do. My house had become quite shaded as the trees around it had grown considerably in the first 15 years. In the winter I never got much sunlight so last fall I hired a man to “cut a couple of trees down”. Before I knew what was happening, the logging trucks were hauling away my yard.
Truckload of Western Red Cedar
After the initial shock wore off, I began to adjust to my new yard
Newly Cleared Land
A couple of tomato plants followed me home from the grocery store one day in May and a few more in June. Before I realized it, I had a small garden going.
Siberian Kale Seedling
At some point between then and now, I decided that I needed to do this organic vegetable growing on a larger scale. And so begins the Maplewild Project!