Gardening in a drought is a challenge, for one obvious
reason: Plants, like people, can’t survive without water. This year has been a disaster, but we have also had some successes with those fruits and veggies that don't seem to need the water that some others do. Why don;t we water or put irrigation in? Simple answer is that we are on a shared well and we don't want to waste water. The past couple years have been almost as challenging as this one, which makes one think we really need to think about how we can put in irrigation of some sort - or - just grow what works in a drought. Here is what we have managed to grow successfully this year with little watering, and what we may only plant next year:
Beans, Beet Root, Figs, Garlic, Leeks, Onions, Potatoes, Raspberries and Swiss Chard. That's it.
Those which do not grow well without water, as we have come to know, are:
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Rhubarb, Strawberries, and Tomatoes.
That said, all 4 of our apple trees and our Italian plum tree are doing amazingly well and have never been watered. And of course the blackberries this year are prolific! Here are some photos of this years harvest. The blackberries I might add are a bowl every few days.
ONIONS
Beet Root
Scarlet Runner Beans
Blackberries, Beets and Beans (french style cut by Chris)
Liberty Apples
Fig Tree and Figs
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