Garden area #3

This is the beginning of the new garden area for 2011 ,is located on the lower end of our property.It is not as steep as the upper part.

This pic is looking south and it is sloped toward the west.

And this one is toward the north.Started with this size but have room to make it longer and a bit wider.For now there is just Corn growing on this one bed ,and another bed was made after this pic was taken witch has a few ocra and cantelope plants ,will post later.

Swale with terraced garden project

This is going to be a long project , as it is  a learn as I go.
These pictures where added in July 2011 from April 2011 pics.

This is going to be an experiment with terraced gardens.Plenty of room and slope to make quite a few terraces starting at the top where the deep swale is for water catchment .

This is the swale  on top of the slope where the terraces would start.Plenty of room above it for more terraces.Just need to start building small walls on contour.
The  Swale will be elongated and made deeper to catch more water,(rain run off ) and it will be pumped to containers for later use.

Hard rock