Gardening Plans

I've been thinking about what I can do with gardens now that I'm getting close to having a yard to garden in.  So far I've come up with three gardens I want.

The first is an herb garden.  I'd eventually like a raised garden done with bricks, and quartered.  I think next year I'll just do a circular garden, cut into quarters, with either grass or cobblestone dividers.  One quarter will be cooking herbs, one will be edible flowers, one will be for tea, and one for Elena.  I'll still have a few containers with herbs in them because there's no way I'm letting mint loose in my yard and in this climate rosemary needs to come indoors in the winter.

The second garden under consideration is a vegetable garden.  This one will happen and my husband will be in charge of prepping it.  He bought a lawn tractor with a rototiller attachment.  I'd like to plant things I currently cook with; tomatoes, garlic, green peppers, banana peppers, lettuce,  strawberries, and summer squash.

The third will be a shade garden way at the back of the property.  That's going to have to wait a few years until I see what the early spring conditions are like back there.  The current owners tell me that it gets really wet back there and I may have to consider putting in plants that can handle that sort of problem.  I figure there are enough wild spots in my area that have plants that something can be done.

We have a few other random plans for plants in the back yard.  There are a few hosta that need to be relocated for the herb garden to go where I want it.  I'll probably put those in containers for until I can get the shrubs ripped out of the front yard.  My husband wants to put raspberries in the triangle of yard between the house and the creek.  I'd like to put rhubarb along the garage because 2/3 of the family enjoys eating it raw.

I'll keep enough of my container garden to use to decorate the back deck.  The plain concrete pad can use some greenery.