How it started
We live on the Hudson river near bear mountain. The area is steeped in history and abundant with breathtaking views here are a few
Hudson river
Bear Mountain bridge
hiking picture
Its actually part of the inspiration for our gardens and why we built them the way we did. In our area rocks are plentiful. There are stone buildings, houses built on gigantic boulders and rock walls wrap our roads, divide our properties and are used for landscaping in abundance. So the rocks availability was ample but sunlight was not at least not in our backyard where traditionally people put there vegetable gardens. We only had sun in the front yard and in our neighborhood flowers and landscaping went in the front vegetables were reserved for the back yard if at all. What to do? This was getting in the way of my gardening explorations. In my mind the only way I could grow vegetables was if I could make it look good or at least fit the established motif. So we began our journey as mother nature's passengers.
rock raised bed
Peppers in rock garden
Our first garden
Building stone Hugelkultur raised beds
Hudson river
Bear Mountain bridge
hiking picture
Its actually part of the inspiration for our gardens and why we built them the way we did. In our area rocks are plentiful. There are stone buildings, houses built on gigantic boulders and rock walls wrap our roads, divide our properties and are used for landscaping in abundance. So the rocks availability was ample but sunlight was not at least not in our backyard where traditionally people put there vegetable gardens. We only had sun in the front yard and in our neighborhood flowers and landscaping went in the front vegetables were reserved for the back yard if at all. What to do? This was getting in the way of my gardening explorations. In my mind the only way I could grow vegetables was if I could make it look good or at least fit the established motif. So we began our journey as mother nature's passengers.
rock raised bed
Peppers in rock garden
Our first garden
Building stone Hugelkultur raised beds
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