FearlessCrafts

Member since: Nov 09 | Years gardening: 0 Organic gardener Folia Supporter

I became a 1st time homeowner on Christmas Eve 2008. Though I’ve always had a rather brown thumb, something about owning land has sparked this need to cultivate it (must be from growing up in the corn-belt). I’ve only got a 125′ × 35′ lot and my house takes up most of that, but I’ve got a nice flower bed out front and a postage stamp of a back lawn that I’m going to squeeze a vegetable garden into. I’m also planning a container herb garden for my deck.

With the recession I’ve been doing my best to adhere to my self-imposed Zero-Spend Challenge – making do with materials and plants that are reclaimed, swapped, donated by family and friends, or grown from seeds. I live in Chicago proper and I’m finding urban gardening has it’s own challenges and benefits.

I blog about my garden progress and my other crafty endeavors at http://fearlesscrafts.wordpress.com/

Gardens

Deck Herb garden

Zone 5b
- 5 plants
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Front Bed garden

Zone 5b This is the small garden in front of our house - about 21' x 7'. When we bought the house it contained a lilac bush, some sporadic tulips and 2 gi...
- 4 plants
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Vegetable garden

Zone 5b I've got big plans for this small, unusually shaped vegetable garden - my first! We created a leaf inspired bed shape both to create a cool view f...
- 4 plants
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