Elaine’s farmlet
In just four years Elaine Corets has transformed her city yard into a place of food and beauty. She is using a low till method and instead of weeding she “edits” the volunteers that appear; moving salad burnett, mache, bachelor’s buttons and mint, to name a few, to more pleasing places.
I love the way she makes use of branches from her yard for low fences, bamboo to trellis her raspberry canes and free wood chips to mulch and keep down weeds. Each time I visit I get ideas for things I want to try in my own yard.
In addition to being a great gardener Elaine is incredibly creative in the kitchen; fermenting salsas, making a rich quince paste and all sorts of delightful infused vodkas.
Bamboo trellised raspberry canes.
Backyard
Rocks are used for texture and to create borders.
No space is wasted; this is up against the back steps.
That was nice! I hope you have her on your calendar for regular check-ins, it would be kewl to follow the seasonal progress. …….nurture……. I think that was the word she was searching for.
Debs at the Toy Box