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Wish ListI can’t remember a time where I didn’t love to be in a garden. My mother has always had a green thumb like know one I know! As I got older, I helped her plant annuals, then perennials, then vegetables and berries. Now I’m a newly wed with a home of my own. A new construction type that had NOTHING on it except the scrappy trees at the back of the lot line concealing the RR tracks. My husband is a professional landscaper, but I do all the veggie gardening, bulb planting, berry handling, and herbs…not to mention the planning. Hey, a girl has got to have her say, right? tehe.
Having a few health issues, eating healthy is important to me. This drives my desire to keep a large organic garden.
I love all things old fashion too. Hence, I’m learning old techniques of canning and preserving this year too.
Well, I hope to learn here and share what I know if it may help others. Happy planting!
~Elizabeth
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"Kitchen" Orchard (haha) garden
Zone 5a One day I told my husband I had always dreamed of having a little kitchen orchard. You know, a couple apple trees, a pie cherry, a pear, maybe even...
- 32 plants
- 8 journals
- 1 faves
- 4 comments
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29 Gallon Aquarium Jungle garden
Zone 5a I have kept freshwater fish since I was a small child, whether as a goldfish in a bowl or a true aquarium. It wasn't until I was in college and sha...
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- 2 journals
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Berry Patch garden
Zone 5a Hubby and I LOVE berries. It was only natural to plant them too. April 6, 2008, 4 beds 14'x6', 2 beds 25'x4', and 1 bed 28'x4' were cut/tilled. L...
- 16 plants
- 6 journals
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- 4 comments
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Between the Edible and Berries garden
Zone 5a Area between the fence at the back of the Edible Square Foot Garden and the Heritage Raspberry and Blueberry beds. Hoping to tuck in more edibles t...
- 2 plants
- 3 journals
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Coldframe garden
Zone 5a My hubby purchased a Juwel brand cold frame and extension kit for my birthday/Christmas 2008. I assembled it March 21, 2009. I'm so very excited to...
- 6 plants
- 9 journals
- 1 faves
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Deck Birdfeeder garden
Zone 5a Small area in front of our backyard deck. Extends front deck stairs and connects to edge of herb bed and backyard foundation gardens. 2008 instal...
- 4 plants
- 4 journals
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East Border to Edible Garden garden
Zone 5a I find my vegetable garden to be beautiful, but not everyone does. Hence, I decided to frame the garden in with my attempt at beautiful borders. Th...
- 3 plants
- 2 journals
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Foundation Front garden
Zone 5a With my husband running a landscaping company, it is necessary that the front of our home look beautiful. Upon moving in, we had nothing! My love f...
- 12 plants
- 14 journals
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Front Border to the edibles garden
Zone 5a The square foot edible garden is not exactly beautiful from the road. Being that my husband is a landscaper, I feel I should clean up the appearanc...
- 41 plants
- 7 journals
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Herb garden
Zone 5a Simple, nothing fancy, highly used. Mints are in 12" pots in the ground to prevent invasive spreading. Year one all from plants at store or tran...
- 21 plants
- 5 journals
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Kennel Planting garden
Zone 5a Daisy, our chocolate lab puppy, has an outdoor kennel attached to the garage at the back of the house. (There is a dog door leading to another larg...
- 7 plants
- 6 journals
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Red Oak -Driveway garden
Zone 5a Single red oak Pete had growing at the land for several years. Transplanted to house near road on West side of driveway. Beautiful! Will eventually...
- 1 plants
- 1 journals
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Seed Starting 2009 garden
Zone 5a Although I have been gardening for years, I have never had a place suited to starting seeds. This year I am giving it a go. Hopefully, it is not a ...
- 22 plants
- 76 journals
- 1 faves
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Square Foot Edible garden
Zone 5a In March 2008, my husband (then fiance) installed my dream plan for a square foot garden. We have sandy soil in a new construction area...square fo...
- 53 plants
- 13 journals
- 1 faves
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Stone Block Basement garden
Zone 5a This raised bed, Stone pavers, container garden was built due to the excessively large emergency basement escape window well. It is built off of th...
- 2 plants
- 4 journals
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Sun Room garden
Zone 5a The sun room is my favorite room in the house...the reason I encouraged my then boyfriend to buy the house. The room faces Southeast. A sliding gl...
- 4 plants
- 2 journals
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The 5 Oaks - East Lot Line garden
Zone 5a Pete had large white oaks growing at the land for several years. He transplanted them to the house as the basis for our 5 Oaks bed. Planted on the ...
- 1 plants
- 1 journals
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The Pines - West Lot line garden
Zone 5a Pete planted several white pines at his shop 5-10 years ago. Quite large now, he decided to move 5 of them to our house to create a future privacy ...
- 2 plants
- 2 journals
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Tree Line garden
Zone 5a The back of our lot is a mess of Black Locust, Honeysuckle, Poison Ivy, Bramble, Wild Raspberries, and a fallen male and healthy female Mulberry tr...
- 1 plants
- 0 journals
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Utility garden
Zone 5a The Northeast corner of our lot, near the road, has a great deal of unsightly utility boxes. We cut out a bed around it. Hopefully it will hide the...
- 4 plants
- 2 journals
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Well Berm garden
Zone 5a Kidney bean mulched area disguising the well utility in the front yard.
- 6 plants
- 11 journals
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West Border to Edible Garden garden
Zone 5a I find my vegetable garden to be beautiful, but not everyone does. Hence, I decided to frame the garden in with my attempt at beautiful borders. Th...
- 15 plants
- 4 journals
- 0 faves
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