ChiotsRun
Member since: Feb 09 | Last seen: Jan 11 | Years gardening: 5 | Organic gardener
Our yard is very small and fairly shady, we are surrounded by woods all 3 sides. The soil is made up of rocks and clay, not the best, but I’ve spent 7 years adding chicken manure & compost. When we first moved in 7 years ago, the gardens were in terrible shape from years of neglect and too many chemical pesticides and fertilizers. It has take years to reset the balance of nature and we’re finally starting to see the fruit of our efforts. We unearth worms when we dig and we are seeing more and more birds and beneficial insects in the gardens. The soil is also starting to improve after years and years of hard work amending it with all kinds of organic compost.
Gardens
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Zone 5b The bee garden is in the back of the property. This year I’m hoping to plant lots of native mints and other flowers for the bees. This area...
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Zone 5b Mr Chiots built me a really nice cold frame last fall. It’s painted black on the outside to absorb heat and it’s got a nice polycarbon...
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Zone 5b My front flower beds are very deep and currently being redone to have rock walls and a few edible plants.
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Zone 5b I’m planting a few things at my mom’s house. She has a lot of space and let us till up a new section to plant popcorn this year! *
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Zone 5b A 2×5 foot bed I use for potatoes, I have another box that fits on top to build it up.
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Zone 5b I grow tons of things in pots because I have very poor soil and my lot is mostly shady. I love the way potted plants look on the porch and around ...
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Zone 5b I have 5 (as of April 2009) raised beds in my back edible garden. Each one is 4×10 feet.
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Zone 5b Currently this 4 × 10 foot bed is filled with strawberries. These will be moved in a few years and the bed will be used for veg.
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Zone 5b This 4 × 10 foot bed is filled with strawberries that were planted in the spring of 2008.
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Zone 5b Raised Bed #5 in the back potager. This 4 × 10 foot raised bed was built last fall at the end of the season, I planted spinach and kale in it...
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Zone 5b This 4 × 10 foot bed is very deep (18 inches) and was planted half with asparagus in the spring of 2009.
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Upper Property Line Garden garden
Zone 5b A new garden in the front for 2009. I’m digging away ammending the soil and getting ready to make this a nice native & beneficial garden...
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