I’m a newbie gardener working to tame a very large inner-city dandelion field and turn it into a productive and pretty space. I started my first growing season with a 2 by 1 metre vegetable garden, some container plants and a number or fruit-bearing shrubs.
Next year, I plan to put in a low-maintenance shade garden in front of my hedges (to eliminate more lawn), expand my veggie garden a bit and finish my half-completed composter.
When not gardening, I work full time in a maddening and stressful job, volunteer for an excellent federal political candidate, write, knit, sew and, along with my partner, remodel our oldie-but-goodie home, and produce homemade beer, wine and cider. If there’s time left-over, I also enjoy listening to music and reading.
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2009 Backyard garden
Zone 3a Just started seeds for these year's garden.
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2009-est Perennial garden
Zone 3a Need to fix the grading on my house and I hate lawn. So I grabbed a bunch of perennials, mostly from Hole's Greenhouses to fill up the space over t...
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