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xan

xan

Member since: Jul 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 27 | Organic gardener

I grew my garden in lockstep with my family. We moved in to a vast expanse of grass in 1986 (actually a vast expanse of snow, since it was December). For a while the garden grew with the family— add a child, add a flower bed. Five pregnancies later I had a full garden (although only two children— the goddess was kinder to the yard than to the pregnancies).

As the children grew in complexity so did the garden, adding vegetables, trees, more flowers, patios and a pond.

The children are grown and gone and the garden is grown yet comes back every year, a lovely metaphor on the nature of parenting adults. I hope everyone here enjoys these gardens— I can’t go out into my yard without my brain filling with goodness. Looking at the garden is as good as eating a chocolate bar.

Gardens

    • xan's Berry Patch garden

      Berry Patch garden

      Zone 5b New bed (2009) between SoPo and Serpentine, meant to be bird-friendly, plus some other berry fruits scattered around the yard, all tracked here.

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    • xan's Bill's Pond garden

      Bill's Pond garden

      Zone 5 I gave the pond to my husband for Father’s Day in 2007. I like to joke that I gave him 100 hours of backbreaking labor for Father’s Da...

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    • xan's Frontyard garden

      Frontyard garden

      Zone 5 Resisted doing a “front yard garden” here, because I dunno, too many gardens, but I’ve had to move too many plants out there that...

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    • xan's Garage garden

      Garage garden

      Zone 5b

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    • xan's Ideas garden

      Ideas garden

      A place to put ideas for new beds. Need to ask NnN for a “fantasy” or “non-existent” designation.

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    • xan's Keyhole  garden

      Keyhole garden

      Zone 5b 2011: tomatoes, parsnips, summer squash, beans 2010: new bed betw WW and Serp, about 100 sq ft. has Country Gent, Bon Appetit and Bloody Butcher Co...

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    • xan's Narnia garden

      Narnia garden

      Zone 5 In 2008 the ornamental pear that used to shade this area was knocked over in a wind storm, taking with it the only shade in the backyard, right aft...

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    • xan's Perennial Border garden

      Perennial Border garden

      Zone 5b This is the border with my neighbor. Mostly perennials, sometimes I fill in with annuals. Sun all day. It comprises old designations: • Area 2- ...

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    • xan's Potted garden

      Potted garden

      Zone 5b Mostly the container plants from the porch, plus some of the herbs repotted, and the wintersown containers. I anticipate that plants will move in ...

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    • xan's Savory Walk garden

      Savory Walk garden

      Zone 5b This is from an off-the-top-of-my-head idea from one of my journals here: to create a pathway through savory and fragrant plants. Since I seem to...

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    • xan's Seed starting 2013 garden

      Seed starting 2013 garden

      Zone 5b

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    • xan's Self-seeding garden

      Self-seeding garden

      Zone 5b All the plants that seed and come back each year.

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    • xan's Serpentine  garden

      Serpentine garden

      Zone 5b This started out as three intersecting circles edged with brick and was meant to be a classic Elizabethan ground level decorative Knot garden (seco...

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    • xan's Sideyard garden

      Sideyard garden

      Zone 5b I guess there’s enough plants to track, and it’s such a luxury to have an area I can actually call a shade garden.

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    • xan's SoPo garden

      SoPo garden

      Zone 5b Formerly part of Bill’s Pond, it feels better on its own

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    • xan's Wagon Wheel garden

      Wagon Wheel garden

      Zone 5b My original vegetable garden. The Wagon Wheel is a half circle 20 feet in diameter. When I first put it in it was in full sun all day and had 7 s...

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