Garden: Garden of Growing LoveSmall square in our front yard filled with vegetables... and love. Currently we have corn, pole beans, kale, shallots, snow peas, zucchini, tomatoes, assorted lettuces and sunflowers.
Garden: The HideAway3/4 acre corner lot. Lived here 14 years and finally looking good. Multi shrub border and 14' high cedar hedge borders a tiered garden in the back and perennial border in the front.
Garden: Vegetable gardenSunflowers, early corn, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, zuchini, pumpkins, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, acorn squash, all in rows going east to west
Garden: Julies veggie gardenWe have a small flower bed in the front yard, and a medium sized vegetable garden in the backyard. This year we have sunflowers, yellow/green beans, tomatoes, green onion, radish, lettuce(3)varieties, carrots, beets, zuchinni, cucumbers, turnips, pumpkin, and peas.
Garden: The Backyard GardenI envision this 13' X 14' piece of land to be my little urban farm. We only took possession of it the first of Aug, so I have until next spring to plan. Until then, I have my wishlist. Any feedback is appreciated!
2010 Wishlist:
Sunflowers
Tomatoes of all kinds
Summer squash
Lettuce Greens
Green Beans
Broccoli
Asparagus
Sweet Corn
Garlic
Sweet Peppers (Red & Green)
Butternut/Acorn Squash
Herbs: Basil, thyme, cilantro, oregano, sage, rosemary
Garden: Renfrew GardenWe are renting this place from a friend of ours who grew up at this house - his parents, and especially his Father, were awesome Italian gardeners. When we moved in, Tony, our landlord, told us with tears in his eyes how beautiful the garden was (it had been left for 3 years and was now covered in packed dirt and dandelions!!) and we vowed to bring it back to what it once was. We also have a greenhouse. You name it - we planted it and as it's our first time as gardeners; we've learned a great deal about soil, spacing, water/sun and patience!! We have the tallest sunflowers in the neighborhood because Tony's dad had them - now we do too - over ten feet tall!! We grow tomatoes, peas, onions(green&red), lettuce, cabbage, beets, swiss chard, strawberries, potatoes, radishes, carrots, green and yellow beans, many types of zucchini and squash and peppers, green, red and various hot ones. It's a very rewarding adventure !
Garden: Garden my 14yr old son and I planted.Small plot about 25ft wide and 50 or more long, double last years size and hoping add about another 30 x 25 more for next year.Planted 4 types squash, pumpkin, cukes,sunflowers,3 types tomatoes,row of potatoes,kidney beans,snow peas,yellow beans,zuchinni,and corn.
Garden: Our GardenWe're building a garden from a scrap waste patch behind our cottage that the landlord was going to concrete.
We're taking a very slow, permaculture approach because we've discovered that from where we're starting, we have approx. 6" soil which is a mix of waterlogged mud and heavy clay, onto the old, C16th cottage floor. We're spending little bits on the garden as and when we can and we're cultivating cuttings from local hedgerows and plant-swapping.
Our initial plan is to cover as much of the breeze-block wall as possible with flowers and then build raised beds (ideal as I have spine injuries) from the rubble that we've pulled out so far, in which we can far easier manage the soil quality.
This year we've had success with carrots; onions (bedford champion); lettuce (lollo rosso) raspberries; roses; cucumber; lavender; and various herbs. We have also introduced a laburnum as a standard and have a little patch of lawn chamomile that's struggling valiantly.
Garden: Ina's gardenThere is a swimming pool in the middle of it, many roses, sunflowers,a little tree, herbs and seasonal flowers like tulips, snowdrops, daffodils and many others.
Garden: Carol's GardenI like to plant whatever catches my eye. I have two perennial gardens featuring oriental poppies, lilies, hostas, astibles, columbines,daisies,blackeyed susans,purple cone flowers. Just to name a few of my favorites. One garden gets full sun all day. The second gets the morning sun only and shade from the house for the rest of the day. Due to the fact that I'm on the lake I have to plant species that can tolerate the wind.
Garden: My Life is a GardenMy Garden is very eclectic. It is an English garden with garden trinkets hidden among flowers and foilage.. there is rocks and creeping jenny, creeping thyme and sweet woodruff. My garden dazzles the senses!
Garden: Greenheart GardenGardening is a whole new game when you get to growing food! I dream of homesteading someday, but at the moment find that I'm almost completely out of my depth with just one raised bed and some potted tomatoes on the deck.
Garden: Paula's Butterfly and Bee GardenCompleted redesigned and replanted 7 years ago, this series of garden area covers two-thirds of an acre, with a view of Sausalito across the water. New stone walls were recently added to terrace the SW facing hill. The growing season begins with irises and then moves on to roses (100+) and then to dahlias. Other highlights of this pie-shaped property include a woodlands garden, 18 fruit trees, a redwood greenhouse, a succulent garden, an antique water pump collection and garden sculpture.
The garden features flowers at the warm end of the spectrum: apricot, orange, hot pink, red and burgundy with smaller doses of blue-purple and chartreuse.
Although the Zone 9b garden rarely sees frost conditions, Paula and Dennis Jaffe contend with less than ideal soil and climate challenges. Morning fog, clay soil, extreme wind and Southwest facing tiers with unrelenting sunshine are a few of the problems. The water shortage is also an ever present consideration.
Drip irrigation waters 100% of the plants with the lawn sprinkled by MP rotaters. Several compost areas and a worm farm provide the planting beds with a constant supply of natural fertilizer.
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I am a single parent to a 15 year old son. My son is home schooled. He was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome, and rather than put him on the cocktail of drugs the doctors wanted to give him to make life easier for his school, I withdrew him from school at age 7. We've been on a rich and healing journey together since, and now he is turning out to be a great kid, a real gift to me, and has taught me more than I'll ever be able to teach him lol.
We live a simple but satisfying lifestyle on a very small "farm". I say farm because we have so many animals but really it's only just over 1000sm. (1/4 acre).
Our animals are an integral part of our garden, We have 1 dog, -in charge of security! 2 goats - their job is to control the lawn in the back yard, eat any garden waste, hedge clippings etc, and look after the chickens.
5 cats, they keep the mice away - we used to have a major mice problem. 7 chickens, they recycle garden waste, eat bugs and supply us with eggs, and compost. Then there are the ten guinea pigs. Only started with 5, but they multiplied! they take care of all the lawn in the front garden.
My garden is relatively new. Basically starting the vege garden from scratch. am planting lots of fruit trees, the plan is to grow an abundance of fruit and vege and feed my family and have a bit left over to supply the community. I recycle a lot, and use recycled materials in my garden as much as possible. Much of my garden is planted in tyres, my "tyre garden" :-)
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Im a wife and mom of 4 kids! I love to garden and grow food for my family! Im grow my garden organicly and use lots of recycled items in my garden! My family calls me the Recycled Gardner! I love to cook all that I grow and share my food with Family and Friends! So join me for a little Recycled Gardening and great cooking!
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Inspired by Ted Zerger from Salina, KS (Ten Reasons why Mennonites should do community gardening, http://rainbowpeacejustice.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-ten-reasons-why-mennonites-should.html)
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I am a mother of 5, and have 2 grandchildren. My oldest is 21 and my oldest set of twins are 17 and my youngest set of twins are 2, both sets are boy/girl. My grandchildren are 3 and 1.
We have been growing vegetables for 4 years in a row now. We have had pretty good success over the years. We are renters right now, so makes it difficult to find landlords who will let you tear up their yards. We grow vegetables for our own personal consumption. I have only recently started jarring, and had success with pickled beets last year. I am hoping to continue learning how to grow and preserve food for my family. It helps to save a few dollars, and you know exactly where it came from, and what was put into it.
I have a small flower bed out front with daisies, marigolds, and an assortment of wildflowers.
Garden Photo:Fall in the garden - the sunflowers are in full bloom and the raspberry bushes have turned russet.
Garden Photo:Gazebo this year, it has hops, clematis and virginia creeper growing on it and of course the sunflowers and hollyhocks in front.
Garden Photo:The sunflowers have just started getting heads on them. They sure are getting tall. I figure they will get to be at least 10 feet tall.
Garden Photo:The sunflowers are just getting heads now, the fence behind them is 7 feet tall.
Garden Photo:Front flower garden, cosmos, snap dragons, sunflowers, zinnias,delphiniums, shasta daisy and sedums. All help to keep color and blooms all season long.
Garden Photo:Everybody loves sunflowers,,especially the bluejays later on !!!
Garden Photo:Some cucumber vines climbed the sunflowers and cukes are hanging about 4ft off the ground.
Garden Photo:Love sunflowers. I wanted to paint a still life of this lovely bouquet but
the squrriles tore them to peices. Thoes little rascals.
Garden Photo:Some one please explain: In the pic are two sunflowers, from the same seed. Sunflower number one, is a normal sunflower, thick stem, one flower. Sunflower number 2 has got 36 flowers, in this pic a few open already! Is this normal??
