smartcakes

smartcakes

Member since: Jun 08 | Years gardening: 10 Organic gardener

I’m a 36 year old artist, organic gardener, and mom to a five year old boy. I grow a lot of edibles, which are incorporated into the rest of my gardens. I like to think of my gardens as cottage style gardens with minds of their own! I love growing things that attract birds, butterflies, amphibians. I live right in town, but our backyard is our very own little wildlife habitat!

One of my gardens is home to several box turtles, and our two desert tortoises roam around the rest of the backyard – thus, all of the gardens have 2 foot high fences around them… a tortoise will make a lovely meal out of anything you’ve planted!

I garden in a completely organic fashion. I’ve never even used organic pesticides, etc. Birds are my favourite pest eradicators!

Gardens

  • smartcakes's back garden

    back garden

    Zone 4 smallish rectangular plot - about half sun, half shade.

    • 20 plants
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  • smartcakes's box turtle garden

    box turtle garden

    Zone 4

    • 3 plants
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  • smartcakes's front yard herb garden

    front yard herb garden

    Zone 4 smallish rectangular bed in front of house

    • 0 plants
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  • smartcakes's herbs and butterflies garden

    herbs and butterflies garden

    Zone 4 These photos are from last year. This year, I've added more butterfly plants on the sunny side - milkweeds, fennel, buddleia, lantana, etc. I mov...

    • 5 plants
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  • smartcakes's main veggie garden

    main veggie garden

    Zone 4 mostly veggies in here, but also gladioli, marigolds, zinnias, strawberries, etc.

    • 3 plants
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  • smartcakes's north alley garden

    north alley garden

    Zone 4 smaller rectangular plot along back alley fence

    • 0 plants
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  • smartcakes's out by the road garden

    out by the road garden

    Zone 4 smallish rectangular plot along the road in front of the house

    • 3 plants
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  • smartcakes's south alley garden

    south alley garden

    Zone 4 smallish rectangular plot next to back alley fence. half sun, half shade.

    • 0 plants
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  • smartcakes's south of house garden

    south of house garden

    Zone 4 very hot garden alongside south side of house - gets a ton of sun.

    • 0 plants
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  • smartcakes's stock tank pond garden

    stock tank pond garden

    Zone 4 400 gal. stock tank - ghetto pond! :)

    • 0 plants
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Longmont CO

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I love to grow

heirloom tomatoes, Asian veggies, lots of colourful flowers - anything that doesn't need much babying


Hobbies

painting, drawing, sewing, yoga, birdwatching, thrifting, hiking, camping


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