spidra

Member since: Oct 07 | Years gardening: 3 Organic gardener Folia Supporter Folia Helper

I have a disability that affects my hands. Yet I like gardening. I have started a blog called “The Gimpy Gardener” to talk about my gardening, not ignoring how the disability affects it. http://spidra.vox.com

Though I put down that I’ve been gardening 3 years, I actually went through a couple years of amateur gardening when I was a kid. Then, as now, my emphasis was food gardening. My parents’ place still has the guava tree and many of the other things I used my allowance money to buy and plant. But I was away from gardening for decades and have only recently started again. And I still feel like there’s so much to learn. I joined the California Rare Fruit Growers about 3 years ago as well and they have helped me educate myself.

I’ve signed up to be in the 2008 course of Alameda County Master Gardeners.

Gardens

Berkeley Microclimate Successes garden

I've created this listing to let other area gardeners know what works in my microclimate in Berkeley. I have clay soil. While there are some days...
- 10 plants
- 1 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Business in Front garden

Zone 9b I live on a busy street in a poor neighborhood so in addition to the regular environmental challenges of soil, amount of sun, wind, slope, etc., I ...
- 68 plants
- 126 journals
- 3 faves
- 5 comments
EarthBox garden

Zone 9b I've had nowhere near the success with my EarthBoxes as has been promised by the literature nor that I've read from unsolicited testimonials online...
- 6 plants
- 16 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Grafted Varieties garden

Zone 9b I'm not sure how to track my grafts. This is the first year I've made many but I hope to become more adept and I suspect I'll be "cocktailing" my ...
- 5 plants
- 11 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Idell Weydemeyer's Fruity 'n' Wild garden

Zone 9b Idell Weydemeyer is a member of California Rare Fruit Growers. She has a large backyard in El Sobrante, CA in which she grows fruit as well as Cali...
- 6 plants
- 0 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Living a Sheltered Life garden

Zone 9b Few are true houseplants. Most are things that need a more controlled environment than I can provide outdoors. However, the temperature ranges in...
- 9 plants
- 18 journals
- 0 faves
- 2 comments
Party in the Back garden

Zone 9b Edible landscaping.
- 138 plants
- 382 journals
- 5 faves
- 4 comments
Seeds for Trade garden

Zone 9b Until Folia opens a seed trading list/forum, I will list seeds I have available for trade here. Edibles, medicinals and herbs are what interest me...
- 20 plants
- 1 journals
- 2 faves
- 2 comments
Terry Walton's Allotment garden

Zone 8b Terry Walton is the "Adopted Allotmenteer" of The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2. I discovered him through a guest appearance on The Wiggly Wiggl...
- 22 plants
- 15 journals
- 1 faves
- 2 comments
The Grim Reaper garden

Zone 9b This is a memorial garden...to all the plants I or nature killed. Things that have been tried but didn't succeed for one reason or another.
- 29 plants
- 31 journals
- 4 faves
- 5 comments
The Waiting Room garden

Zone 9b Plants that are waiting to find a permanent home in my yard. Since I'm disabled, I can't do the serious digging required to plant trees and bushes....
- 50 plants
- 159 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
Weeds or The Unexpected garden

Zone 9b The definition of "weed" is flexible. It depends on what one likes and wants in one's garden. Some weeds are welcome volunteers. Others inspire ...
- 8 plants
- 4 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments