LeslieintheGarden
Member since: Apr 10 | Last seen: Sep 12 | Years gardening: 40 | Organic gardener
I’ve been gardening my whole life; it’s a life long love. The first garden I planted was when I was 8, and have grown flowers or vegetables of some kind every year since, no matter whether I was renting or in my own home. Gardens are not just for ourselves—they’re for everyone who enjoys looking at them, or savoring the fruits of your edible garden.
My husband is a great help with planting shrubs & flowers, and building arbours and trellises, and although he’s not keen on the veggie garden, having beets, carrots, and fresh salad all last summer was appealing to him. We now not only have perennial gardens (shrubs and herbaceous with emphasis on bird & butterfly friendly), but three raised beds (one outfitted with a hoop greenhouse), containers for greens & herbs on the deck, berry, grape, rhubarb, and apple. I’d have chickens if local bylaws allowed—us hen lovers are working on that!
I have one daughter married, and a super little granddaughter who’s 3; hope to turn her into a mini-gardener!
Gardens
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Zone 5a Bordered by the garage and arbour, this was established to hide the garage.
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Zone 5a Raspberry (variety unknown but yummy) and thornless Blackberries (variety unknown). Both of these unruly children were here when we moved in. Rhu...
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Zone 5a Actually several containers: Salad Container (pot cuc, tiny tomato, nasturtium, mesclun mix, basil); dedicated containers for tiny tomato, pot cuc...
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Zone 5a Two beds that were in place when we moved in; annuals suffer badly because of the roots and shade of two giant Norway maples. Have planted perenni...
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Zone 5a This is scattered throughout the property but primarily around raised beds.
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Zone 5a The understory to two giant Norway maples Acer platanoides. Don’t get me started! I could rant about these for hours. This hardy species o...
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Zone 5a This garden was laid out when we bought the house and like the raised beds had run amok. Bounded by the fence at the rear of the yard, it’s ...
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Zone 5a Dividing the rear from the middle backyard, the trellis supports grapes and provides a backdrop for shrubs in the walkway garden.
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Zone 5a Bordered by neighbour’s garage, the deck and a flagstone path, there were two Rose of Sharon shrubs and two Weeping Mulberry (non-fruiting) h...
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