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After some time away, I took a few photos the other day of the progress of the city garden. I finally got around to processing the photos...after this post I'll be working on more from the car meet and two days working on the country property, not necessarily in that order.
Our first raised bed, purchased a number of years ago. Normally this is primarily herbs, but this year includes some lettuces and other odds and ends. To the right is a potted key lime that we bring in for the winter. The bird netting is for birds and squirrels that like to pilfer our food.
Potted tomato plants. The labels are necessary to keep track of the different varieties. We kept at least one of each in the city and more of the cherry tomatoes.
Raised beds (and standard poodle). I recently pulled the disappointing radishes as they were bolting. Included here are kale, lettuces, carrots, Swiss chard, onions, leeks, peppers, beans, cucumbers, brassicas, and probably some others.
Sweet peppers and beans.
Purple dragon beans in the foreground, with hot peppers, a cucumber, brassicas and leeks.
One view of the bed at the front of the house...the raspberries do sucker, which creates its own challenges, but gives us a source of transplants to take out to the country property.
Another view of the bed showing rhubarb, garlic, chives, garlic chives, horseradish, and some seed tossed down.
New bed this year with some strawberries, herbs, celery, and an ornamental She Who Must Be Obeyed moved here.
Carmine Jewel cherry...this tree had gotten out of control so I cut it back last fall and it's finally showing life. This time around I have more knowledge and will prune it better to keep things under better control.
If I recall correctly, on the left is mojito mint, a strawberry (may be a "pineberry" which is the white berry that apparently tastes somewhat like pineapple), and variegated peppermint.
West bed showing a tomatillo, zucchini, and potatoes. I need to add more straw around the potatoes...this is sort of an experiment akin to the Ruth Stout method of putting the seed potato on the top of the soil surface under a thick layer of straw. The potatoes are easy to harvest and are cleaner than if they grew in ground.
An overall view of the west bed looking toward the street. This bed also contains some cherry tomatoes, herbs, and ornamentals.
Herbs in the west bed...without checking labels, I'm not sure I could name everything, but I think there's two varieties each of basil and oregano, and perhaps a thyme.
Ornamental jungle including daylily, valerian (tall flowering stalks) and a rose.
The rose is named 'Suzanne' and one of the parents is the native wild rose. It's a simple flower and suckers profusely...we have shared plants and taken some to the country.
Our first raised bed, purchased a number of years ago. Normally this is primarily herbs, but this year includes some lettuces and other odds and ends. To the right is a potted key lime that we bring in for the winter. The bird netting is for birds and squirrels that like to pilfer our food.
Potted tomato plants. The labels are necessary to keep track of the different varieties. We kept at least one of each in the city and more of the cherry tomatoes.
Raised beds (and standard poodle). I recently pulled the disappointing radishes as they were bolting. Included here are kale, lettuces, carrots, Swiss chard, onions, leeks, peppers, beans, cucumbers, brassicas, and probably some others.
Sweet peppers and beans.
Purple dragon beans in the foreground, with hot peppers, a cucumber, brassicas and leeks.
One view of the bed at the front of the house...the raspberries do sucker, which creates its own challenges, but gives us a source of transplants to take out to the country property.
Another view of the bed showing rhubarb, garlic, chives, garlic chives, horseradish, and some seed tossed down.
New bed this year with some strawberries, herbs, celery, and an ornamental She Who Must Be Obeyed moved here.
Carmine Jewel cherry...this tree had gotten out of control so I cut it back last fall and it's finally showing life. This time around I have more knowledge and will prune it better to keep things under better control.
If I recall correctly, on the left is mojito mint, a strawberry (may be a "pineberry" which is the white berry that apparently tastes somewhat like pineapple), and variegated peppermint.
West bed showing a tomatillo, zucchini, and potatoes. I need to add more straw around the potatoes...this is sort of an experiment akin to the Ruth Stout method of putting the seed potato on the top of the soil surface under a thick layer of straw. The potatoes are easy to harvest and are cleaner than if they grew in ground.
An overall view of the west bed looking toward the street. This bed also contains some cherry tomatoes, herbs, and ornamentals.
Herbs in the west bed...without checking labels, I'm not sure I could name everything, but I think there's two varieties each of basil and oregano, and perhaps a thyme.
Ornamental jungle including daylily, valerian (tall flowering stalks) and a rose.
The rose is named 'Suzanne' and one of the parents is the native wild rose. It's a simple flower and suckers profusely...we have shared plants and taken some to the country.
