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Garden: Ms. I Parker
Small veggie garden - peas, tomatoes,beets, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, turnip, melons, a variety that changes each year - 11 ft x 12 ft space only.
Garden: Glide Memorial Rooftop Garden
The garden is constructed from easily transportable and reused materials. The eight 2-by-4-foot raised beds are made of plastic milk crates connected, filled with soil and covered with thin sheets of wood taken from shipping pallets.
In addition to the milk-crate beds, spinach and radishes grow in far lighter 6-inch-deep mini beds made from plastic bread crates. The garden also hosts eight pots of hydroponic tomatoes, grown using a soilless, recirculating water system. Reclaimed wood was used to build a petite greenhouse on the garden's periphery. There is a homemade bin full of worm castings, and a compost barrel sits on a set of runners so it can be spun to expedite the breakdown process. (Source: The San Francisco Chronicle)
Garden: Petunia's Garden
The vegetable garden is raised beds with some fruit shrubs in ground. It is fenced to keep animals out. We use cow manure and compost. I also have 2 flower gardens, one raised bed and 1 in ground with mostly perennials and a few annuals.
Garden: Garden of Growing Love
Small 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 Bartlett Building Rooftop Garden
The mini garden with its enviable Downtown skyline view has mint, basil, chives, onions, dill, lemon sage, oregano, majoram, three varieties of tomatoes, lavender and rosemary. (Source: http://blogdowntown.com/2009/06/4446-giving-urban-gardening-a-try-at-the-bartlett )
Garden: John Stanley's Garden
I have four, raised, square-foot gardens (three are 4x4; 1 is 2x4), one in-ground square-foot garden (3x4), one Earthbox, and one Garden Patch Grow Box. I also have some peppers growing in front of my house (in-ground).
Garden: Rose Circle Community Garden
In Atlanta, residents around the Rose Circle area have a place to grow their own produce: the Rose Circle community garden. In 2007, squash blossom, pumpkin, zucchini, tomatoes, cabbage, bean and cabbage plants, fennel, herbs and flowers, tall vines growing on trellises, and various garden beds were grown in their little piece of earth.
Garden: kimmy's escape
my garden is always changing, lots of colours, textures and scents. i live in the valley of kamloops, across the street we have cactus, sage brush and the odd rattle snake. it is very hot and dry here and can be very cold in the winter, it can be quite a challenge to find and keep plants that can make it through our climate changes, but as all gardeners, i love the challenge. i loved the english country garden my grandmother grew, so that is the main theme of my own garden, as well as mixing more heat tolerant plants. i must say that morning glories, foxglove, and lavender,look soft and soothing beside the large exotic caster beans that flourish here. we have different varities of tomatoes and peppers, most veggies do very well here. lots of perenials, bulbs and corms. i'm trying to downsize the amount of baskets and containers i've had in the past because of how hard it is on the plants to keep any kind of moisture. bigger containers may be the answer i guess!
Garden: Bramasole
Bramasole is the famous estate of Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany. Mayes describes the restoration of her estate and the gardening she does there in several bestsellers. Mayes was a proponent of the locavore lifestyle long before it had a name, advocating eating fresh local produce (either grown or bought in town) and eaten in season. Bramasole produces its own high-end olive oil for sale.
Garden: Fairview Christian Church Garden
Fairview Church Garden was on the Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens tour for 2009, July 28! We are a community vegetable garden(using organic practices), Youth Garden 50 x 50, supported by the Missouri Extension office and Missouri Master gardeners, some raised bed areas with flowers and vegetables, 4 plots for local gardeners, roughly 20 x 20 with main garden about 340 x 40, growing tomatoes, mostly hierlooms, (cherokee purple, amana orange, carolina gold). We also have Peppers(bells, jalapenos, anahiems, cherrys), Eggplant, Kale, Swiss Chard, Corn, Potatoes(purples, pontiac, klondike), Greenbeans, Squash, Cucumblers, Okra(burgandy), Kohlrabi, Broccoli, Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Beets, Onions, and Garlic. Whewwww.... we have a few herbs...Dill, Chives, Parsley, Basil(green, christmas, red) Horseradish, Mint(chocolate and apple), lastly Borage. Flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, petunias, and nasturtium.
Garden: Wulf's Victory Garden
This is Wulf's Victory Garden. Location is near Waco Airfield & Museum in Troy, Ohio. I grow from seed cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and other edible stuff.
Garden: Trial & Error
growning tomatoes in the upside down hanging baskets, and strawberries, cucumbers, and herbs in containers.
Garden: Boxes and Pots
The yard is in an older area and had been let go for a few years. My garden consists of 3 square boxes and 3 long planters plus several pots of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Vegetables are peas, carrots, cucumber, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, lettuce, radish, onions and tomatoes. I planted rhubarb in the yard as well. I also have 2 small flowerbeds. I also have most of a garden plot in one of the community gardens. I haven't been in it for about a week so I'm not sure what's going on with it. Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, peas, beans, carrots, onions, beets, turnips, cucumbers, squash and pumpkin. If I get much of a crop I'm going to have to buy another freezer! I'm quite excited to see how things do. I planted several things that I never have before.
Garden: Outdoors and Houseplants
I love to garden both inside and outside. I recently started a 24 x 20 garden spot. I am growing tomatoes, green peppers, pumpkins, zucchini, winter squash. I also love to grow flowers in my yard primarily perennials.
Garden: Vegetable Garden
Since we moved here in 1991, we have grown a full range of vegetables including potatoes, lettuce, radish, tomatoes, beans, peas, onions, and many herbs. We have mint, oregano, catnip, chives, rosemary, dill, thyme, and cilantro.
Garden: Canadian City Townhouse Edibles
Since we moved into our townhouse, we have experimented with growing fruits & veggies in our south-facing, full-sun garden. There is not a lot of space to work with but we have been pleased with our yields, from swiss chard to strawberries.
Garden: Jenn's Gardening Spot
All sorts of Veggies and Herbs! Tomatoes to pumpkins! Lots of recycling going on in my Garden! Visit my garden here!http://jennsgardeningspot.blogspot.com/ & http://recyclinggardenmom.blogspot.com Im also on Twitter @4bratz2luv
Garden: Lots of Veggies in my garden!
I'm trying to grow as many veggies as I can in Calgary's wierd climate. Cold weather crops do better. Tomatoes must be under glass or forget it. It's discouraging at times. I use rain water to water mostly everything. I like simple old fashioned plants like morning glories, nasturtiums, sweet peas, roses etc. I always get blossom end rot on my zucchini and don't know how to prevent it..
Garden: My little paradise
My backyard has an old pear tree, some flowers, tomatoes, lettuce, a water feature, a bench, a table with 4 chairs, a bird feeder, a bird house, a Japanese stone lantern, some solar lamps, a solar water fountain, etc.
Garden: Rabbit salad bar
Raised beds on sandy soil. It started with three raised beds and I added anohter larger bed at the back for my corn or sprawling veggies. Only real cow or sheep poop used to continually amend the soil.I grow a variety of stuff each year. Last year I planted my "Franken-garden" which included purple carrots , rainbow Chard,black Krim tomatoes,and red and white striped beets. I was really hoping the kids would be more into veggies..but , alas...it was not to be.The looked at these special veggies on their plate with the same disdain that they give more ordinary fare. So this year...I'm just using up seeds left over from the past couple of years and the rabbits and ground hog is loving it. The only new thing is the peanuts which is just not heard of here in Ontario,Canada. The ground hog has ripped all but two out.
Garden: Victoria's Secret Garden
This year I planted mostly veggies that I can use to make baby food for our 8 month old and meals for my husband and I. So far things are growing great. Tomatoes, Cucumber, Spinach, Herbs, Pumpkin, Squash, Beets, Peas, Green Peppers, Carrots and Strawberries.
Garden: Praxis Permaculture
We live in an 1940 log house on 4.5acres, originally built from trees on the property by homesteaders on Gabriola Island. Some of the trees and flowers are here from the 1st owners, some new.
The property is a mix of native species forest (fir, maple, garry oak, arbutus, yew, cedar, pin cherry, alder); meadow; fruit (apples, plum, apricot, peach, blue-, straw- and raspberries); specimen trees & shrubs (japanese maples, liquid amber, mock orange, forsythia, lilac); perennial flowers & vegetables.
We have a fenced (from the deer) area around the house with raised beds and lots of rock walls and stone paths. Water - or the lack of it - is our main issue. We have no lawn and I cut the meadow grasses with a scythe.
We see ourselves as stewards of this property in which we want to encourage as much of the native species as possible. We work with a forest gardener to manage the treed areas (thinning dying and dangerous trees, planting new ones). We have a naturally wet area on the low point on the property and want to restore the it as a wetland with native plants and trees.
Our property is home to many species of insects inc. butterflies and bees, birds, snakes, tree frogs, deer - and we have planted species of flowers especially with them in mind. We try to grow heirloom varieties and have had heritage chickens in the past.
This year, for the first time, I am attempting to grow mushrooms by inoculating alder logs with white oyster and shiitake mushroom spawn.
Garden: Vegetable garden
Sunflowers, early corn, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, zuchini, pumpkins, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, acorn squash, all in rows going east to west
Garden: Yvonne's Little Balcony
An experiment to see how many tomatoes I can grow in between the surf gear on my balcony.
Garden: Greenheart Garden
Gardening 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: Little Garden in the valley
at the moment, I have a few planter boxes on balcony, flowers and tomatoes. plus indoor plants, not many atm, broken arm
Garden: Mark's Roof Garden
This is the 6th year for my roof garden. It is a work in progress as I experiment every year with different plants. This year I have tomatoes, peas, herbs, flowers, grasses and 4 small trees.
Garden: MY OASIS
TONS OF FLOWERS, PERENNIAL & ANNUAL. SASKATOON BERRY {3}, TOMATOES, YELLOW BEANS & HERBS. SMALL POND W/ PUMP.PATIO,HAMMOCK AREA AT BACK . NO GRASS AND 6" FENCE WITH LATTICE ALL AROUND. VINES ,CLEMATIS,MORNING GLORY,ROSES,STRAWBERRIES. LOTS OF JEWEL TONE COLOURS WITH SOME WHITE FOR NITE. FRAGRANCE FROM STOCKS,LAVENDAR,ROSES&NICOTANIA. LOVE TO GARDEN, IS MY PASSION .....
Garden: Gardens on Dale Street
I grow herbs and vegetables. This year tomatoes were bit, beans, snow peas basil and strawberries were added.
Garden: Jan's Garden
I have planted a variety of vegetables. Primarily garlic, tomatoes, peppers, onions, carrots, cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, brussel sprouts, beans, peas and sweet potatoes.
Garden: Julies veggie garden
We 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: Sharon's Garden
Overgrown!!! Rhodos, roses, fruit trees container gardening, tomatoes, lavender, herbs, and anything the deer or sheep don't eat
Garden: Lisette's garden
My back yard garden is a little garden for tomatoes ,wax beans, carrots ext.I have shrubs and a couple of parianials in my back yard too.I planted trees and flowers in the fron yard too.I got bird houses and water supply for them and bird feeders in the front.I really enjoy my summers .
Garden: The Backyard Garden
I 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: First Time Gardener
Beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumber, turnips, beets, carrots, radishes, onions, potatoes, lettuce, pumpkins, green peppers, zucchini, cantaloupe
Garden: Indoor Container Garden (in planning)
I have always been brutally awful at keeping indoor plants alive but I believe in the principle of try, try again and I am hoping my children's love and help will....help! As a child my dad would sprout grapefruit seeds between paper towel and a glass, put toothpicks into carrots and potatoes and show me how they sprouted, and it was fabulous. I want to do this too but take it to the next level: grow them the full way with my kids so they can see that even indoors we can grow and eat our own food. My main challenge is being a north-south facing townhouse that I have, really, one good kitchen window with south light: my north window gets virtually no direct sunlight, even less in the winter. So, I figure we will stick to what grows relatively well indoors: container tomatoes, a bean plant or two, perhaps some carrots, our herb pot and, just for fun, I will take on the challenge of growing my own coffee.
Garden: Renfrew Garden
We 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: Charlie's Garden
For my ten years on this boggy bit of mountain land, my gardening has been driven by being an artist/sculptor, with just a small amount of food growing.
I have a polytunnel with tomatoes,peas,beans,
salads,some fruit and lots of propagation of perennials....and growing eucalyptus trees from seed.
In these Peak Oil, Climate Change times, I'm now learning about Permaculture and Edible Forests, and am planning to turn my remaining acre over to broadleaf trees, fruit trees and bushes, nut trees, and bio-mass crops.
A Huge learning curve!
My info says full sun....this year it's been full-on rain like never before!
Garden: Backyard perenial and vegetable garden
I have created a raised vegetable garden in order to allow me to work from my wheelchair. I have planted and cultivated radishes, beats, yellow-green-purple beans, peas, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, salads, onions, strawberries and rhubarb.
For a 1st year garden attempt it has been great... the kids eat right off the plant as they run by.
My wife has wonderful perennial gardens flanking the yard; irises, lilies, roses, lilacs and much much more.
Garden: pen ave
we are trying to grow as many edibles as our family of 5 will eat. two big veggie patches filled with strawberries, cukes, leeks brocolli, cauliflower, beans, corn,tomatoes, onions, celery, carrots, salad greens, ppotaoes, peas etc
Garden: Torita Patch
Carrots, Sugar snap peas, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, one little pepper, beets, some really tiny parsnips and a row of beans.
Garden: Veggie Town
Vegetable garden. 2nd year. Corn, zuchini, tomatoes, bell peppers, egg plant, cucumbers, radishes, green beans, carrots, tomatillo, lettuce, muck melon, summer and winter squashm herbs. Had success last year with pumpkins and potatoes also. Full sun 8+ hours per day and is watered by hand or sprinkler daily for a least 1/2 hour. Very loose mixed soil of peat, compost, clay, and sheep and mushroom manure.
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: Vegetable Garden
I have a 25' x 39' area in the back yard, I was lucky enough that my landlord allowed a garden. This year my husband and I made raised beds in that area, I love it. If it rains allot the soil drains well, where some people have complained of drowning gardens doing the raised bed thing seems to have saved our garden. My tomatoes have really taken off this year:)
Garden: Yancy's Garden
tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce, squash, watermelon, cucumbers, green beans, purple beans, strawberries, asparagus, peppers, cilantro, garlic, basil, dill, corn. eggplant. I'm saving seeds to plant for next year. Also growing lemon seeds and apple seeds. Grapes and more.
Garden: Veggies
1st year of our backyard garden....very small, yet we had a great crop of tomatoes, peppers, green onions and lettuce. Brussel sprouts refused to produce any sprouts.
Garden: My Peace of Mind
I live on a rented 5acre property so most of the gardens are done but I have just started growing beans, tomatoes strawberries and onions.
Garden: mrs P
3500sqm of mostly clay and stoney soil.
we have many spanish plants and some english, olive, almond, cherry, walnut trees, and oliander, orange ,roses,and lots of shrubs many climbers,marigolds,gladoili,blueberries,blackcurrants, and a veg patch, with onions potatoes tomatoes,beetroot rhubarb,carrots cabbage shallots,green beans lettuce pepino,and melons,not all at the same time,but very busy in the spring/summer.
Garden: Paxton Garden
Laura and John are growing vegetables and herbs this summer! Paxton Garden is a container garden on an east-facing balcony in the suburbs of Chicago. We have planted tomatoes, green beans, spinach, arugula, Swiss chard, broccoli, lettuce, strawberries, green garlic, basil, cilantro, oregano, parsley, and lavender.
For more visit: http://paxtongarden.blogspot.com/
Garden: Frost free high altitude garden
My garden is located about 5,200 ft above sea level, in the foothills next to a large lake, within a 600 meter surburban-size lot with front and rear yards. I use Sunset climate zones 23-24 & H1 when investigating plant hardiness. My recorded high temperature is around 90f(32c) & low 46f(8c). Summer rains and dry winters.
Garden: My experiment
I'm planning on the first garden to consist of (in order of rows)...
1. Bush beans
2. Bean herbs (bohnen kraut)
3. Tomatoes
4. Lauch (onions)
5. Karrots with Dill mixed in
6. Onions
surrounded by the veggi garden will be certain flowers, Marigold, Ringelblumen that help with the bugs and soil.
On a second level (terrace) I plan to plant more Tomatoe plants surrounded by Lavender and Echinicea.
Garden: Oregon Sage and Pine
Mine is a high desert environment. NOT the sand and cactus that many think of when we say "desert" but the sagebrush-steppe of the Northern Great Basin. We have an arid dry climate also filled with thick stands of Ponderosa Pine tree forests about 12 miles north of our small pleasant rural community. I have loved gardening all of my life and concentrate on herbs, perennials and edibles for thier food and esthetic value.
A photographer and writer I also love using my garden and garden products in my art.
I also LOVE friends who garden and love to learn about garden efforts of folks in differing climates and environments.
Regards,
Mari
Garden: Solace Corner
A very small garden, but well-kept for my amateur gardening standards. There are 5 palm trees, 3 on the outside of my fence and 2 inside. Mixture of sorts: 3 different coloured bougainvilleas, basil, savila, passionflower and "copa de oro" vines cover the front fence for extra privacy, banana, chaya, papaya, various others of which I dont know the proper name (despeinadas?), bird of paradise,etc.
I would like to put more colour into the garden, and maybe some vegetables in conatiners. Any suggestions for the area? Tulum's soil is not very fertile, due to the fact that the Yucatan Peninsula is a huge shelf of limestone. I usually bring back more fertile earth from inland areas. Digging can sometimes be hard because of the huge quantity of rocks that can get quite big.
Garden: The Sanctuary
I plan to make a garden composed of roses,daisies and vegetables such as lettuce,tomatoes and other veggies suited for cultivating here in Anderlues,Belgium.I also intend to have waterfalls in a Japanese-inspired Zen type corner garden.
Garden: Radford Street
I changed a parking area to a raised bed for perrenials and a tree, I have numerous lilies, shrubs, a huge spruce tree w hostas and bleeding heart under it. Also, planted a swedish aspen. I also plant tomatoes and cukes I now have 4 beds in back yard might add another one
Garden: My Little Garden
My garden is a little bit of everything. Although there is a lot of space to work with, I've tried to bring some of home (Minnesota) to my garden for my children. It has western grass in the middle, edged by small planting spaces that I've created with brick borders. There are two lilac trees, to remind me of the smells of spring when I was a boy. I grow seasonal berries, like strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries in some of the individual plots, and vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, broccoli, garlic, cucumbers, cabbage, etc. In others I grow flowers, such as roses, tulips, daffodils, and so on. And I also raise herbs, lavender, marjoram, thyme, basil, rosemary and mint. All together, I average about 150 different plants, either potted or planted in the soil.
Garden: The Nest
Veges- carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, peas, courgettes, silverbeet, beetroot, spring onions, cauli, lettuce, chillis, ruhbarb.
Flowers- calendula, peony poppies, hollyhocks, portulacas,
Herbs- basil, parsley, chamomile, wild thyme, mint, chocolate mint, sage,
Garden: A Puglia Garden
In the vegetable garden we currently have lettuce, onions, garlic, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, artichokes, asparagus, rape, strawberries and potatos. Tomatoes, peppers and courgettes to be added later.
The family garden is being redesigned now, with new lawns and shrubs around our seating area.
Garden: Vickis Slice of Paradise
New to gardening and just completed building 7 raised beds from scratch on our 1/4 acre flat section! 4 planned for veges, and herbs and soft fruit in the other 3. The majority of my gardening know-how has come from books/internet and as a child, watching my mother slaving in her garden every weekend (I thought it has to be more enjoyable than that looked!).
Just planted out peas and corn seedlings with broccoli, cauli and lettuce germinating. Planted out parsley, oregano, thyme (vulgaris and lemon), chives and rosemary with others germinating. Young blackberry plant is the first in the soft fruit bed with others to come. Also have an existing hand dug plot with tomatoes and celery growing and the last of my broccoli and lettuce going to seed.
Potatoes and onions growing in tyres at the moment but will grow potatoes in bags from now on and onions in the new beds.
We also have an enormous walnut tree, plum, pear, peach, 3 apples and 2 lemons.
Garden: Marianne's duet garden
My garden is manageable with roses, lavender, inca,day & clivia lillies, perennial foxcloves & delphiniums, geraniums and a few rose bushes. I also have a zen garden on the east side entrance. I love my herb & veg garden and it is rewarding to pick tomatoes, parsley, mint, sage, rosemary for the kitchen and watch the pumpkin get bigger. Also banana, paw paw & avocado trees.
Garden: H&S
Our garden is 23'X10', we grow tomatoes, delecata squash, chard and more. We are also great herb and cooking enthusiasts. Some fruit trees, Asian pear, apple and oh yes, raspberries.
Garden: Patti's Pad in the Valley.
Today,I started to get the ground ready for gardening. I put in some flowers Tulips purple, red and Pink. I am getting my seeding plants indoors for the spring. Im planting zuccinni, tomatoes, beans, herbs, and more.... I love plants, veggies, flowers and Native plants.
Garden: Memories Garden
My garden is small, but the rewards I get from it are immense. I am my happiest there-just feeling the soil between my fingers and the sun and breezes on my face. In my garden, I am at peace; and time has no essence.
Garden: Paula's Butterfly and Bee Garden
Completed 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.
Garden: Malmö indoor container-potterygrowing
A small balcony/apartment garden in the city of Malmö (300.000 inhabitants).
Includes apartment compost for all biodegradeable garden and kitchen waste.
Garden: Jesse's Gardens
Excited for the coming Spring! Blooms of crocus, crunchy sweet peas and dirt under my fingernails!
Garden: The People's Portable Garden
The Wasatch Community Garden in Salt Lake City is responsible for creating the People's Community Garden. As a portable garden, this community plot has been set up in a way that it can be easily moved. Once the community has gotten together, learned how to grow delicious organic produce, the People's Community garden can be moved to another neighborhood where they might still be in the dark about the art of gardening.
Garden: 1st attempt in a community garden
This is my first attempt this year, with a veggie garden. So far so good, almost everything has grown, except celery and leeks, but I planted them too late. I should have started them indoors, too.
Hopefully, weather permits (so far July has been colder and rainier than usual), I'll get some good veggies out of it.
I'll repeat the experience in my private yard next year, as I have just bought my first home.
Garden: Connie's Garden
This is the 1st year I could grow a garden again. We just moved back to IL after being in MS for 10 yrs. Nothing grows in a garden in MS, it always burns up! I had little hope I would get a good yield but my tomato plants are higher than me! (5'2") Been picking beans for 3 weeks now too, I'm in canning heaven!
Garden: Temenos
Front, back, side and patio gardens, a fair amount of shade. Flowers (working toward mostly perennials in the beds), some herbs and a vegetable or two.
Garden: Jane's Garden
I have had raised beds for quite some years, but two years ago I decided to go to square foot gardening. I plant peas, carrots, various lettuces, several different herbs, peppers (jalapeno and chili), garlic, onions, cucumbers, spinach, potatoes and beans. I built a spiral herb garden this summer to plant next year.
Garden: Bag End
I have a small backyard patch, this is my 3rd year attempting to grow it. It's small and I'm not a pro but i'm obsessed with it . My dream is to own a yard big enough that I can grow a full pumpkin patch. (a difficult task at best in Edmonton AB)
Garden: Aurora
I am an avid gardener although I can't say I'm good at it yet as I am still experimenting with everything in my garden. I like planting flowering plants at the front garden and combination of flowering and vegetable garden at the back.
Garden: Back Yard dream
pond,fountains,vegetables,annual and perennial flowers, fruit, paths and rock walls, Trellis and decks, firepit and benches....Beautiful!
Garden: Circle Y
Circle Y Farm includes rocky ridges, swamps, creeks, bottomland, forests, sunny locations, pastures, timberland, and more. All kinds of geography, with some in sun, sun in shade, and some in between.
Garden: Quinta Quijotito
An organic garden, mostly raised beds, containing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, flowers and vegetables.
Garden: Koivuranta
There are large old greenhouse, inside two big grapes, space for 40 tomato plants, cucumber, carrots. Outside is half of hectare field and lots of appletrees.
Garden: rose lovers delight.
A garden full of over 250 rose bushes and mixed borders on a quarter acre.Part of the garden is over a bank that has been terraced with an assortment of trees,under planted with Hydrangas, Hostas and Hellabores.
My garden has colour almost all throughout the year and by summer pruning my roses I have blooms well into May/ June.We have a very temporate temperature here.
Garden: Nic's Garden
My first large garden in-ground (not pots), a few various sized beds in the backyard.
Jessica
I am a young mother of twins, about to move to a new home with a large garden space (and a weird microclimate that I have yet to figure out). I am planning to plant a kitchen garden, and well as maintain many beautiful rose bushes. I am interested in getting my kids involved in gardening.
bbb
An old Spanish proverb goes something like this.....more grows in the garden than the gardener sows........ Since I joined this group of gardeners last fall, I have found this to be very true. It's been a great experience. I'm an aging gardener, in more ways than one, and have found this to be just what i needed at this time in my life! We ARE a community garden.
Angela
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" :-)
Elizabeth A
This is our fourth year here, and I am still trying out various plants in various sites, both perennials and annuals, to see what likes being in which garden, all of which get varying degrees of shade. Herbs are also a favourite, and I've begun to grow some tomatoes and hot peppers. A "temenos" is a parcel of land reserved as a sacred retreat, and this is my experience of my gardens, inclusive of hard work, meditation, joy and relaxation. Montreal's summers are short; our gardening months are intensive and celebratory!
Connie/exrea
After moving from MS where I failed 2x at gardening, I had little hope of getting a good yield from my garden here in IL. But alas it doesn't get so hot here so it did not burn up!! I started out with a small plot for this year & found I should have made it a lot bigger. So far I have canned 4 batches of beans, a batch of beets & carrots. I picked some summer squash but couldn't resist eating it...YUM I tried a new recipe for the Green peppers I got. Green pepper jelly! I was delighted at the outcome! It is really gooooood!!
Sumana Nutalapati
Usually the weather in this area is the best for gardeners. The heat and lack of rains this year are not very garden friendly. Trying our best to keep the plants from giving up.
William
I am an avid gardener. I am always looking for more specific planting times for all kinds of S. California edible garden vegetables. I am also going to plant citrus trees and pomegranate trees this fall.
Neil and Paul
we are a couple of urbanites that bought our first house about 5yrs ago. it was a well established garden, mostly perennials and shrubs. with a great little pond. so far we haven't killed off too much with our "black thumbs" LOL and we are getting better with new landscaping and vegetable plot we have done ourselves with some Family help
Laura
Am retired and enjoying time to grow and experiment with different plants now that I have more time. Love to push the boundrys of garden zones. My garden is more experimental than magazine pretty.
julie bennett
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.
Jeff
Been gardening since I was a kid. Keep many house plants, keeps a yearly out door garden including mostly veg and roses + herbs. Mostly gets overgrown with weeds. Much too much room to work alone. Community style garden next year. Love starting from seed. Starting a minor seed bank.
Marsha Duncan
It's November now, and I should be thinking of the Holidays coming up but every time I pass by the garden, I get excited about what next years garden will bring. I want everyone to know, who may have a problem with animals, that the chicken wire fence worked fantastic!! No critters whatsoever. Just slugs. Yuk. But I found a solution for that too. Thanks to Jeff Hunters suggestion, we are going to utilize the fence next year with cucumbers. And we are also going to utilize our lake by installing an irrigation system. Zero cost for water, never have to fertilize and we will be 100% organic. By the way....the guard rails used for our raised beds work fantanstic. You can sit on the edge and pick away. Great for your back.
Sarah Wood
I love gardening, and am always gardening in other peoples gardens. I live in a flat and haven't felt like I could invest a lot in the back garden, because I keep thinking Im going to move. Hence, everything I am growing are in pots! I do intend to plant bulbs later in the year, and grow a collection of herbs, because I will use them. I have five beach trees in pots at my mother's house, which will have to be put in the ground either this or next year. I rescued these from the ditch of a farm my partner was selling. I am always rescueing plants... in fact appart from the basil (which I bought), and the cactus (inherited from a previous relationship), I do believe I rescued every other plant I am taking care of! Only yesterday I rescued my friends tomatoes from her encrouching nasturtiums, and supported them up with bamboos. I also watered another friend's tomatoes before they withered up last week. Yes. Im a roaming rescue gardener. :)
gwen
We have apple trees, raspberry bushes, Saskatoon bushes, corn, pototoes, tomatoes, carrots, peas, onions, zucchini, rhubarb, cucumbers, lettuce, different types of herbs and a few others. We wanted our yard to be productive not just pretty.
Pamela
I live in New Zealand across the harbour from the capital city of Wellington with my husband, our ginger cat Daisy and dog Frodo (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) I love to garden when the weather is fine on weekends! We are close to a Regional park with native bush so we get heaps of native birds in our garden - tuis, kereru,fantails and many more - I can hear the bell sound of the tui as I write this!
Melissa
I am a 40 something homesteader who loves playing in my gardens, growing my own food, and harvesting leaves and bark from the medicinal plants we grow in our little corner of the world.
Geraldine Mac Kinnon
Artist, art teacher and botanical artist from Chile. I moved to the beach a few months ago, and everything grows nice though it's necesary to take care of the sun and wind, mostly when plants are young. I love to watch and draw plants and birds. I am also a surfer so my spot is perfect!
This rooftop garden doesn't take up much space and gets plenty of sun and air. Green tomatoes will soon be ripening. (Photo Credit: http://
From front to back: Herbs, Rhubarb, Peonies, Rhubarb, Greenhouse with Tomatoes and Carrots, Lettuce in shade of shed
I'm growing different varieties of cherry tomatoes,lettuce,and peppers as well as many other veggies like......
I built a dome for my tomatoes out of pvc pipe, couplers, string,and bamboo stakes as well as sheets of plastic that are not shown. it works quite well altho I could improve it.
Sun Gold tomato variety. This variety is sweeter than regular tomatoes. Size: roughly the same as Cherry-tomatoes. Caption July 2009.
4 different tomatoes planted together in a cedar planter against the west wall of the house. Siding is aluminum.
My 'wall' of tomatoes behind some glass to keep them warm at night, and on rainy cold days in July....
I was starting to see some bottom end rot on the first plum tomatoes of the year, so I did some research and found out they were lacking calcium and being overwatered. I added some epsom salts and calicum tablets to the soil and only water when the soil is dry.
The basil plants share the pots with the tomatoes. They are doing quite well and I have been using the biggest leaves for cooking.
This was vegetable harvest for the day: Zucchinis, lemon cucumbers, white queen tomatoes, pear tomatoes, yellow cherry tomatoes and more...I started these heritage vegetables from seed
Summer 2009. We're guessing the lower level will get more light, so this is where the veggies are this year. The far, oval bed is growing by sections: rocket; radish (french breakfast); spinach (red stem); red cabbage; lettuce (lollo rosso); lettuce (standard loose-leaf); runner beans (last of the strain my Dad has been breeding for years); chilli. The nearer, rectangle bead has: tomatoes, with an aubergine between; then broad beans; then by turns, carrots (standard) & onion (bedford champion).
Even though the veggie garden is small, I am growing in it: beans, corn, pumpkin, tomatoes, snow peas, lettuce and Swiss Chard. There are some large parsely plants going to seed. The seed will be used for the next generation.
Another one of the driveway garden. Growing are tomatoes, capsicum, spinach and lettuce (right at the front), along with the rose perle d'or, ageratum, a beautiful deep blue salvia I've forgotten the name of, and bog sage. I love the combination of pinks and blues and mauves.
Our tomatoes produced well in the raised bed. Teachers enjoyed fresh salsa made from them.
The first of our seed orders! We have seed coming from Bakers Seed(pictured), High Mowing Organic Seed, Seed Savers, and Johnny's.. we didnt order any from Totally Tomatoes... they seem to be getting harder and harder to work with.
