merank
Member since: Jan 11 | Last seen: Apr 12 | Years gardening: 3
My sweetie and I bought our first house together in late summer 2010. The first two things I did at our new house were to start a compost pile and plant some herbs. Prior to the house, we’d lived in one cave-like apartment after another (The light! It burns, my preciousssss!), so it had been years since I’d grown much beyond cat grass and cave-tolerant houseplants. I started a small in-ground veggie patch that first spring, which has already turned into raised beds (thanks, bunny invasion!) and doubled in size. Once you start, you can’t stop.
Right now I am mostly focused on learning more about growing veggies & native and/or drought-tolerant plants, as well as trying to put names to the plants that came with the house (preferably before I kill all of them!)
Gardens
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Zone 8b Everything in the backyard that’s not in a raised bed or a pot. Everything gets full sun for at least part of the day except two areas close ...
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Zone 8b Not actually a garden (although there’s generally a nice crop of seedlings poking out the holes of one of the composters…)- I just wan...
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Zone 8b A small container garden on the deck. Mostly herbs. I started planting this the weekend my husband and I moved into our first house, late summer 20...
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Zone 8b Consists of a flowerbed up against the front of the house(full sun in the morning), a 4ft square on the other side of the front door (partial sun),...
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Zone 8b An attempt to see if my three furry overlords will permit me indoor greenery.
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Zone 8b Everything in the backyard that’s in a pot or planter. Most of the smaller containers live on the workbench on the back porch and most of the...
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Zone 8b Where seeds are started… hopefully. Includes sunny windowsills, tops of appliances and bookshelves, and shady corners outside. New for Spring...
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Veggie Patch (Spring 2012) garden
Zone 8b Fence Box (2.5′ × 9′) This spring: tomatoes, peppers, celery, chard, lettuce, radishes Last fall: light scattering of pole bean...
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Zone 8b 10′ × 3′ bed along the front left side of the house, around the corner (& attached to) the rose garden. Full sun for most of t...
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