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Big city garden

23 Feb 202224 May 2012 by Mike (tfb)
Large community garden

My first visit to a big city community garden: FANTASTIC! I was happily startled by the energy flowing out of all those tiny, densely packed, hand-built, trellised plots, even though the garden was largely empty when I dropped by. A … Read the rest

Categories Grow your own, Local food, Veggies Tags community garden, Spring, trellis, urban farming Leave a comment

Front yard farming!

3 Feb 20225 Dec 2009 by Mike (tfb)
Urban front yard edible garden

Often heard about, never before seen first-hand, this is front-yard tiny farming in action—late fall edition. I’m at the home of Andrew and Sue and Margo, in a town of 70,000, leaning on the front porch rail on a residential … Read the rest

Categories Grow your own, Local food, Veggies Tags Autumn, grass, parsley, sage, Swiss chard, urban farming 28 Comments

2022 right now...

Late June: Fresh veggies have arrived. Lots of different greens are ready to go. Snap peas, green onions and beets starting to size up. LOTS of rain and fairly cool weather for the last couple of weeks. The grass and other plants around the garden perimeter grew so fast, it overwhelmed the electric fence keeping the deer out. And at least one deer took advantage. The grass has been cut, and the deer are once again at bay. Weather-wise, we've moved from rain to humid heat. For the full story, you can start back in January.

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