Satrina0

Member since: Sep 07 | Years gardening: 10 Organic gardener Folia Supporter Folia Helper

I dream of a life in which my entire backyard is a paradise of edible plants and cut flowers, but my budget, schedule, and back force me to take things one square foot at a time.

Gardens

Compost Heap garden

Things that sprouted in my compost heap.
- 0 plants
- 0 journals
- 1 faves
- 2 comments
East garden

This bed was added in 2007. It's just a long, 2.5' x 25' strip along the west side of the second garage. The idea was to separate my cut flowers in...
- 11 plants
- 30 journals
- 4 faves
- 1 comments
Front Border garden

Most of these plants came with the house. Some of it is laid out pretty nicely, as in the photo, whereas other parts are kind of... "WTF?" We still...
- 18 plants
- 5 journals
- 1 faves
- 0 comments
Front Foundation garden

Most of the plants in this garden came with the house-- sadly, I have no cultivar names for them. I'd like to widen the bed and work in some mass p...
- 20 plants
- 12 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Fruit garden

These plants are actually spread out over the backyard.
- 6 plants
- 6 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Houseplant garden

I'm not very good with houseplants.
- 16 plants
- 57 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Kitchen garden

Zone 8 This was the first garden that we put in after moving into the house. It's positioned against the south wall of the garage and consists of four one...
- 24 plants
- 72 journals
- 3 faves
- 1 comments
Patio garden

Zone 8 The patio has a few permanent containers, but is mostly a "holding area" for seedlings and random new plants that I haven't found a place for. It a...
- 40 plants
- 68 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Propagation garden

Zone 8 Anything grown from seed or cuttings. Favored materials: seed-starting mix, vermiculite, Jiffy 9-cell seed starting trays, rooting compound, fis...
- 6 plants
- 22 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Rhubarb Farm garden

This is a 12x12 patch in the backyard that was tilled out in the spring of 2007. Unlike my kitchen garden, which has raised beds, this is a more co...
- 30 plants
- 50 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
West garden

This is a 6' x 30' bed along the west side of the garage-- hence nicknamed "The West Bed." It faces a side street and has the most extreme mix of c...
- 51 plants
- 78 journals
- 2 faves
- 0 comments