Spouse and I have several gardens in zone 5b upstate New York: flower gardens around our house on our small urban/suburban property (and several veggies in pots), and two plots in a community garden. One is in the ground and the other (mine) is in a raised bed and is perfect for someone like me who has back issues.
Many people have tried to garden for the first time this year. As they have probably found by now, it ain't necessarily easy. We've been fighting deer at the community garden (they especially seem to enjoy our filet beans). Groundhogs and rabbits are challenges, too. I wish I could give you good solutions.
I wanted to send some garden photos to a cousin in New York City and now I will share with you. These are the photos that will keep me going when winter comes. This is the season for storing up memories.
First, let's visit my raised bed garden in our local community garden. Of course there are flowers, such as this white zinnia. I thought I would show zinnias first. Doesn't almost everyone like zinnias?
Candystick zinnia.
White eggplant (If you grow your own, why stick with the usual?)
Small bite peppers.
Yellow squash in spouse's ground level garden. (The flowers are edible, too, although this year we haven't eaten any.)
Back to the raised bed. Beans. Liquid Fence spray did the trick for a while, but the deer have decided it won't stop them.
But you don't need to have a garden to garden. If you have a yard, a sunny spot, and some pots, you can do it, too. We have a big groundhog problem but, knock on wood, they haven't bothered these.
Swiss chard.
And tomatoes.
We are also growing cucumbers and summer squash in containers, but haven't had the greatest results.
If you want to read more about our container garden experiences, I can do a post on that. If you want that, please let me know in the comments.
Do you garden?
...I have beautiful green tomatoes and I'm waiting and waiting!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so good
ReplyDeleteHi Alana - sounds like you love your gardens - not many people can say 'gardens' ... but they obviously produce for you ... wonderful to have the fresh veggie - carry on enjoying ... stay safe too - Hilary
ReplyDeleteThere is something so...renewing...about gardening. My eldest daughter told me yesterday she read an article that said walking barefoot in good, moist earth can relieve you of a month's worth of stress! Works for me!
ReplyDeleteI "garden" even though my not-a-lawn and orchard are too steep to till, and so far I've not bought straw bales in time to try planting veg in them. So my "crops" are native species except for the trees and bushes planted long ago. Apples, peaches, raspberries, blueberries, a few strawberries, a few wineberries...and dandelions, dock, chickweed, violets, English Plantain, etc. I eat them, and pick out the real invasive weeds.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't garden. I don't have a spot for it at the moment, but when I managed to kill a cactus...
ReplyDeleteI certainly do garden! Your Small Bite peppers look good. I do grow zinnias, but they aren't one of my favorites. They are so dry looking, and feeling.
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