The kids love to mountain bike.
I hate to mow the lawn.
So our plan is to have dirt delivered and turn the backyard into a pump track.
YEP. A PUMP TRACK.
I'm going to move a garden, possibly take out the little dining patio (or make it larger, I'm not sure what the track is going to look like yet), and then put in gardens in the turns and in the middle of the pump track.
Berm turns, here we come!
(Photo is not mine, taken from Google images as an example of a pump track)
Other than that hefty goal of getting large equipment into the backyard to build berm turns and rollers, I think my plan is to stick veggies in the flowers, put in a step-out line of bricks at the curb on the boulevard and re-mulch everything that I can to prevent dead flowers and veggies!
On my veggie/herb list this year:
Tomatoes - both cherry tomatoes AND heirloom tomatoes
Cucumbers
Peppers
Pumpkins
Butternut squash
Cilantro
Basil
Dill
Jalepenos
Brussel Sprouts
Lettuce as fill-in in the front garden beds
Lavender
Sage
Mint
Calendula
Chamomile
Broccoli - as fill-in in front garden beds
Banana peppers
I don't have much on my list for flowers - well, that is until there's a plant sale at the local garden center. Then it suddenly seems like I need everything! I'm leaving a lot of things open to change this year because if we do a pump track like we've planned, then I'm going to need to plan out where all the veggies are going and I might possibly need to move some perennials.
At some point I would love to get rid of all the rock that's around this house. I've been dumping what I've been picking up along the back side of the garage - at some point I'm going to have to make a post on Nextdoor or Facebook to take some free rock. Eh, I'm not even sure if people want free rock anymore.
So plants and plans may change, but I'm hoping to get a pump track this year!
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