Garden: Ms. I ParkerSmall veggie garden - peas, tomatoes,beets, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, turnip, melons, a variety that changes each year - 11 ft x 12 ft space only.
Garden: Ellen's EdenFront and back yard are all mine and slowly I am weaning my hubby from his beloved but totally useless lawn. I recently planted 4 Saskatoon bushes in the front of my house because I am sick of everyone getting to the berries before me! Today I planted two Highbush Cranberry bushes and I am really excited about watching them go through the seasons next year...yummm...cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving next year!
Garden: Boxes and PotsThe 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: Rabbit salad barRaised 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 GardenThis 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: Jan's GardenI 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 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: Lisette's gardenMy 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: First Time GardenerBeans, 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 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: Jane's GardenI 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: ClarkeWe have three large garden plots that were built from old manure piles. Our potatoes,carrots and pretty much any other vegetable thrive in these gardens.
Garden: pen avewe 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 PatchCarrots, Sugar snap peas, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, one little pepper, beets, some really tiny parsnips and a row of beans.
Garden: Veggie TownVegetable 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: Jack and Gay's gardenFirst year of growing corn, cucumbers and squash in front garden - full sun. Very good crops. Back yard less sun but very good pole beans, carrots, strawberries, raspberries and broad beans.
Garden: Zen and the Art of Garden MaintenanceWith the purchase of our home 2 years ago, I inherited several raised weed and bramble infested beds in my southern exposed back yard. After much work I am learning to grow vegetables and currently have scarlet runner beans, swiss chard, ever-bearing strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, yellow bush beans, beets and a section of herbs. I love it!
Garden: Veggie - Flower garden mixI am growing a variety of vegetables in what used to be a mainly flower garden. This is the first year, with beans, carrots, squash, parsley, swiss chard, lettuce, and now am putting in kale and collard for the winter months, which I hope will grow! It's an experimental garden at this point, mainly because I love gardening and have access to soil.
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.
Last year we 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.
This year, we've decided to take a side-step in direction and focus more on growing berries and dedicating the rest of the garden to our birds. We're also hoping to attract more butterflies and bees - especially as there are swarms literally vanishing in our area & we'd quite like to bring some back and maybe start a colony of our own.
Garden: KoivurantaThere 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: mrs P3500sqm 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: BlankCanvasLots of space. German housemate plants leeks, potatoes and carrots along the edges but has a hard time with the evil slugs. A few large Ash Trees that the evil landlady chopped down to a few meters tall. They're already growing back nicely though. Otherwise lots of mossy grass, an apple tree and a camellia
Garden: Our kitchen gardenThis was dug over and seaweed added in the autumn, along with well rotted manure. We managed to grow peas, beans, squash, leeks,carrots (in tubs),radishes and onions.
Garden: GreenheartCountry village house garden, around 700 sq.mtrs., with established single walnut, quince, plum, fig and peach trees, with new small cherry and plum. Strawberry patch, small side lawn area, row of raspberries, various vegetables and fruit grown in rest of garden from spring to winter, including garlic, potatoes, sprouts, sweet-corn, onions, carrots, courgettes, pumpkin, plus some herbs (more planned), melons, grapes and blackcurrants. Flower and bulb plot immediately in front of house - the main side of which faces South, plus other bulb and flower area against wall facing quiet road. Small drive inside traditional gate. Very sunny aspect, village nestling beside Stara Planina mountains in Bourgas region of Bulgaria.
Garden: The NestVeges- 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: JulkulaKitchen garden, vegetables like potatoes, carrots, peas, squash, flowers etc.
Garden: Sandy's GardenVegetable garden, zuchini, squash, chilie, tomato, cucumber, pole beans, corn, carrots, raddishes, beets, pumpkin, herbs, Flower garden, zenias, marigolds, snap dragon, cosmos, columbine, tulips,
Garden: My Garden In Tha HoodMy garden includes Brown, Green and Red Onions, Organic Golden Sweet Corn, Organic Tom Thumb Popping Corn, Spinach, Grand Rapids Lettuce, Organic Romaine Lettuce, Iceberg Lettuce, Cabbage, Organic Georgia Collard Greens, Organic Beefsteak Tomatoes, Organic Red Brandywine Tomatoes, Organic Long Red Cayenne Peppers, Organic Toma Verde Tomatillos, Sugar Baby & Charleston Grey Watermelon, Sunflowers, Eggplant, Radishes, Carrots, Cantaloupe, Zuccini, Jalepenos, Red Raspberries, Russet Potatoes, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Organic Asparagus, Organic Celery, Arugula, Chives, Dill, Red Bell Peppers, Soy Beans, Cherry Tomatoes, Okra and Cucumbers. Still to come, Green Beans, Green Bell Peppers, Cilantro, Wheatgrass, Echinacea, Ginger, Garlic, Purple Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips/Turnip Greens, Mustard Greens, Cress, Butternut Squash, Beets and more.
Garden: Small Veggie GardenWe're only growing a few veggies this year. Tomatoes, Brussels sprouts, french green beans, cauliflower, carrots, and a concord grape vine.
Garden: Dingle Bay AllotmentI have an allotment in the southwest of Ireland. It is a very beautiful place but quite exposed as it faces to the atlantic sea. There are 20 allotments in all.I started with 25'x15' and now increased it to 50'x30'.It took alot of extremely hard work to pepare the ground as it was previously a field of corn maise and very stoney, too much so! Now I can say I am happy with the back breaking work.I worked alot at night too, on and after reading up on certain vegetables to remind myself of their specific requirements as last year I was a novice and pretty much studied the Royal Horticultural Encylopedia of Gardening! So also with the knowledge from my parents I have to say I had one truly amazing allotment. I had drawn a design, several at that but kept to one which I have for record so I know what went where and dated it too. I grew potatoes,beetroot,carrots,kohl rabi,turnip,cabbage,curly kale,swiss chard,onions,garlic,peas and beans. What a great harvest!
Garden: 2010 GardenThis is my third summer with a vegtable garden in this location. Someone in my family has had a garden ever since I can remember. My grandfather owned a small farm when I was young and my father plants a garden every year. Most of this garden was turned by hand one shovel full at a time- then tilled the following year. This year I planted 3 types of squash- snow peas- carrots-turnips- corn-sunflowers-beets-kidney beans-potatoes-bell peppers- tomatoes- Zucchini and peas. I use Veseys seeds and their planting guide. There are 17 rows 24ft long- most rows are 3ft apart some are 4ft. I tilled well rotted horse manure into the soil and hoed the soil into hills.
Garden: My fisrt try at home grownI am tring my hand at growing a small(all organic)vegetable garden.
The soil is of the dark brown, Hard packing,Mostly clay type. With a lot of rocks and too many Glass,Plastic,and Metal objects to list.(I don't even know what most of them are)
I spent everyday after work for over two weeks TILLING and removing what was not soil.
Next I tilled in 400 Cu.Ft. of green manure then 800 Cu.Ft. of seasond manure and compost.
I set out my tomato,and pepper seedlings on may 17 and also planted my corn,bush beans,oakra,carrots,pumpkins,watermelons,and cuecumbers on 05/17&18.
NOW ON TO THE THREE W'S
WATERING WEEDING WAITING
OH NO, MORE WEEDING. How do i get my plants to grow as fast as the darn WEEDS?
Garden: Community Organic Gardens of Sequim - Fir StrSunlowers, Squash, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Peas, Carrots, Kale and many other vegetables grow abundantly in the 75-foot by 150-foot section of land leased to Friends of the Fields by St. Lukes Episcocal Church for $1 a year. This garden is divided into 35 plots with 5 being raised beds.
Garden: Vinograd Kitchen WineryA cottage come kitchen come winery garden. I have a small vineyard which yeilds 40 gallons of wine & some Rakia plus there are various fruit trees with which I compote & jam the fruit. Alongside this I grow veggies for freezing pickling & cooking. At the moment I am still experimenting which gives me the best yeild & use but Pumpkin, Garlic, Pepper, Tomato & Carrots are so far my best. I am trying chillies beetroots cuecumber this year but next will be bigger & better with beans squashes & melons corgette marrows & eggplants I may even try corn. I am starting to make chutneys too. I have been growing different lillies & this year had great success with huge Caster oil plants also smaller bushes of small red trumpet flowers which close when the sun goes down. I have wonderfull peonys clematis & Crysanthemums but stumped on what to grow in shade? I have lots of the preverbial geraniums which look gorgeous but would love some really smally flowers in the garden.
I tend to focus more on the food side of it till its too late for flowers.
Its very very hot in the summer & very very cold with thick snow in winter.
Garden: Connie's GardenThis 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: Bag EndI 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: AuroraI 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: White House Kitchen GardenThe 1,100-square-foot garden includes 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and arugula. The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.
Garden: Nic's GardenMy first large garden in-ground (not pots), a few various sized beds in the backyard.
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A garden newbie. Enjoy reading and learning about all the proper ways to garden, then have a "let's see what this does" attitude in my own gardens. Started gardening in 2008 and have tried very hard just to patiently wait to see what returned this year. I have hardscaping to do before I add the new gardens that I have planned. Patience, patience, patience :)
Grandpa was a gardener. I remeber stealing his fresh peas and tiny baby carrots straight out of the garden :)
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I am a stay at home mommy. I love crafting and creating. I love great music. I like to garden, and practice my photography. I live in Quesnel, BC, in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, CA.
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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!!
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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.
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My garden is my refuge, my travel back in time to an age of awe and astonishment over everyday miracles. A quiet morning sipping coffee and writing a letter to a friend are moments that I keep tucked away for those cold rainy days. I have been gardening for about 20 years and each season brings it's own set of lessons to carry forth to the next season. I am very concerned about where our food comes from and what processes this food has gone through to get to my family's dinner table. I grew up in a home where gardening was a way to feed and sustain us throughout the year. My efforts to date have been paltry compared to my Father's garden. Sacs of potatoes, onions, carrots and beets. Strawberries, enough for desert every night and stacks of deep ruby preserves on the dusty root cellar shelves. My Dad passed away several years ago but I feel him brush past me every once in a while when I am working over the beds. Just a light tap on my shoulder or a caress on my cheek. My Garden is is my refuge.
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I live in Kommetjie, Cape Town, 500m from the ocean, which I can't see because trees (not mine) block the view! Indiginous grows best, as the wind can blow you over in summer & in winter drown in the rain. Started from scratch 4 years ago. A wild-life pond dominates the middle of the lawn. 2 koi & 3 goldfish share it with a bullfrogs & young leopard toads. Dragonflies, butterflies & all kinds of tiny winged insects abound.
I have just planted hundreds of bulbs - lachenalia, Babiana (indig) & Louisiana Iris's. All are in pots, baths, wheelbarrows, rockeries, well above the ground, 'cos if the tortoise doesnt eat then, the porcpine will! Can't wait for Sep/Oct when they will all be in bloom.
Wild dagga grows like weeds & is the favourite among the sunbirds. The White-eyes love to bath in the top of the fountain, after they have munched away on the snacks on the compost heap. The eager Goshawk keeps attacking the budgies in the avery, but have seen him chomp a Cape Cobra for breakfast (from a distance), so he can stay around. The Turtle Dove & Rock Pidgeons came for their daily handouts of seeds & are quite tame. The Cape Robins & Olive Robins use the bird bath as their local spa!
My Blushing Bride Protea is budding & will soon be covered in blooms. Beans are planted, tomotoes, spinach are for picking after 3 mnths. Carrots have been a flop, but will try again soon.
This is my heaven on earth. Listen to the sea, birds, frogs & dig & plant is what I do when I am not at work!
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I am 63 years old and live in North East England. I moved into this house just over 1 year ago. The garden is huge compared to what I have beenused to. When I moved in it was very overgrown with far too many holly trees and far too much ivy growing everywhere. The 'bushes' were unkempt and resembled trees. I had lot of work to do thinning things out last year. Much of what was cut back I have used as chippings. The rest of the trunks and branches I have spread about the garden. This gives it a very rustic feel. My intention is to grow edible things out the back and have flowers in the front. I have got a lot of tomatoe trees off friends and have grown some myself from seed. Am trying to grow herbs, pease/beans, salad stuff, sprouts (yummy), cauliflower, broccli, cabbage, carrots. Too late this year for potatoes but there is always tomorrow. I recently added a pond and hope to attract some wildlife. You are welcome to look and comment on anything.
Garden Photo:From front to back: Herbs, Rhubarb, Peonies, Rhubarb, Greenhouse with Tomatoes and Carrots, Lettuce in shade of shed
Garden Photo:We grew these carrots in a self-watering container from IKEA. I transformed it into an "Earthpot" by simply drilling an overflow hole in the bottom and adding fertilizer (Garden Tone) and a plastic mulch cover. The Earthpot is right behind us with the rest of the carrots still growing.
Garden Photo:View of the garden doing really well - July 2009 Lettuce, Beets, Carrots, Potatos, Beans, Peas, Strawberries, Onions
Garden Photo:Veggie patch.Carrots, beetroot, cabbages and carrots
Garden Photo: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).
Garden Photo:What I need to say here is that while we are considering getting chickens, and while this photo was taken in our yard, we do not actually OWN any chickens. We have named this regular visitor "Harry". He comes with Peggy, Dot, Marie and Geertje. They ate all my baby corn plants, and all the carrots. Now I can prepare for my own flock.
Garden Photo:Quick trip to the plot for carrots and new potatoes.
Garden Photo:The radish grew as big as carrots.. Tony sowed some more in another spot and they were eaten away. I cant believe the difference a few weeks made!
