Planting under the roof overhang
In the midst of packing
and preparing to move, I've let our garden go. Without pruning and
tying up, the tomatoes out in the weather have predictably begun
succumbing to blight.
Contrast that to plants
only ten feet away that have enjoyed the
shelter of the roof overhang. These plants are green and
vibrant and covered with ripening fruit.
The second story --- the
grapes --- have shown a similar response to the roof overhang. Fruits
that stay dry during rains are mostly rot-free while around 75% of the
fruits exposed to the weather have succumbed to fruit rot.
Looks like a roof
overhang is a very important gardening asset in wet
climates...especially if you want to be as hands-off as I've been this
year!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Sometimes it is the unplanned experiments that yield the most interesting results...
It's widely said that luck happens when preparedness meets opportunity. So if the climate on your new homestead is wet as well, you should be prepared to put more fruit under overhangs.