A New Site for Our Kitchen Garden

We've finally moved into our new home on Vancouver Island and the spot is perfect for a garden.  There are two acres in the back to work with and the site isn't too treed, giving us options to set up the site.

This is a picture of the property to the south.  You can see our neighbour's white horse in the distance.

 

 

 

A picture to the east shows the length of the property which extends to another road in the distance.   The land is fairly rocky right now and will need a lot of work to make it suitable for planting.

Some of the tree are pretty tall but are far enough away from the house and garden.

 

One of the main things to contend with on Vancouver Island are the deer.  They don't have any preditors to keep their numbers down and can be hard on a garden.  I'd rather have a fence around the property than get rid of them.  The babies are out right now and they're pretty cute. 

 

We've recently hired workers who've been preparing about thirty feet out from the house for irrigation and lawns.  A lot of the homes in the area have either grassed a huge amont of land or are using it to keep horses.  We're each allowed two horses!  Our neighbour's horses are always out in the morning.  I'm going to have to walk over to ask their names (the owners' and the horses').

My plan is to work about 30' x 30' of the property to create a symetrical kitchen garden.  I'll draft a plan and post it soon.