zjstrong

Member since: Apr 09 | Years gardening: 20 Folia Supporter

Honestly, I’ve been gardening "all my life’. My Dad had a large garden and as a kid I helped with everything from soil prep., planting and harvesting. (Man, can I tell of the horrors of picking beans :-)

When I bought my own home in 1992 I started working the soil there. I’ve been planting flowers and veggies every year since. Some years less and some years more.

I usually get “the fever” and start strong. Sometime in July the weeds start to hammer my spirit and I let God take care of the rest.

It’s the “doing” that makes it fun, I find it a form of creative expression and it’s the “hope” that something fruitful will come of it that keeps me excited.

Gardens

Cul-de-sac garden

Zone 6 This is a tough spot to plant for two reasons - make that three - 1) it's outside the reach of the sprinklers and garden hose, 2) it gets a LOT of ...
- 3 plants
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Garage garden

Zone 6 I dug up this section last summer and starting throwing things into it. I tend to not plan much, just plant things in open spots. :)
- 3 plants
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Hot Bed garden

Zone 6 Made a small hot bed/cold frame for some early outdoor planting
- 11 plants
- 2 journals
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Seed Starter garden

Zone 6 Three 72-cell Burpee Seed Starting "Ultimate Growing System" containing 206 seeds veggies, perennials and annuals
- 40 plants
- 26 journals
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Stone Path garden

Zone 6 A small garden that I am trying to lay some stones in to make a bit of a circular path.
- 3 plants
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Vegetable garden

Zone 6 This is the main garden where all of my vegetables are grown. There may be some herbs thrown in here or there, but veggies are only grown here - n...
- 15 plants
- 3 journals
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