POPYC garden

(Note: This is the initial post about the 2012 Point of Pines Yacht Club garden. To see all posts about this year’s POPYC  garden click here.)

Kinda cool, this spring I suggested to the officers at my yacht club (Point of Pines, or POPYC) that we plant an herb garden out front…herbs that chef Jay and his minions can use in the club’s  kitchen. They liked the idea. George, the Rear Commodore, asked if I could also plant flowers in the four large planters out front of the club. Inspecting the planters led to the discovery of several other, larger raised beds I never noticed much by the parking lot entrance that can also be planted. Raised beds in full sun…a gardener’s rare earth (at least here in coastal New England).

So laying it out, here’s what we have to work with (I created IDs for the beds/planters to make it easier to refer to them) :

Already wishing we had a little more space so we could really go to town with the tomatoes and peppers. What’s probably realistic though is maybe a half dozen of each. There’s some unused space at the east end of the parking lot near the blockhouse. Maybe if this year’s garden goes well we could add some beds there for next season.

Individual Bed Plans

Here’s what I’m thinking of planting in the different beds:

Also (per Debbie’s request) will try to add a planter  to grow mint in. Don’t want to plant it directly into the beds since it’s so invasive.

Plant Sources

And here’s where the plants will come from. My aim is to keep costs low, in the $50-100 range or even less if possible.

• Transplants from my garden: primroses, day lilies, black-eyed susan, irises, sage, oregano, chives, maybe mint
• From seed: tomatoes, peppers, scallions, sunflowers, thyme, dill
• To Buy: impatiens, planter for mint, coneflowers, mums, fertilizer, top soil

Other Necessaries

• Cages or stakes for the tomatoes.
• Landscapers cloth
• Salt marsh hay for mulch