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Permalink Reply by Laura on May 29, 2011 at 4:58pm

I have been working on a community garden/research project on the effects of urban gardening on low income families.

It is located in Humbolt Park. I can not find my before picture but the street view is http://goo.gl/maps/Ibvw 

 

work in progress

 

 

 

 

 

first day open to public was yesterday....

Permalink Reply by igz on June 2, 2011 at 8:38am

From Duppie's garden to mine. I forget what this was. Laura has it written down. Looked like asparagus for a while.

Permalink Reply by Laura on June 8, 2011 at 4:33pm

They are False blue indigo.


Niki E said:

Sure looks like fava beans to me! Do they have a lovely scent if you get up close?

iggi said:

From Duppie's garden to mine. I forget what this was. Laura has it written down. Looked like asparagus for a while.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 8, 2011 at 11:30pm

I've learned not to start cukes indoors because

a) they almost always die the first time the sun hits them

b) they grow fast anyways

I've also learned to resist the temptation to use up seed packets (well, for the most part) and save seeds for next year-- so I had exactly 6 seeds to work with.  Let's hear it for decent germination rates.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 10, 2011 at 2:26pm

Very cool!

Todd Allen said:

Same chickens in both shots, from left to right: Ginger, Swan, Henrietta and Freckles.  First was taken last week of February at age of 1 week and second was taken a week ago.  They should reach maturity in July.

We acquired them as day old female chicks.  But we are starting to suspect Ginger is not quite as female as the others.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 10, 2011 at 2:31pm

This is baptisia - false indigo.  It's an extremely hardy prairie plant - dies back to the ground each winter, and shoots up in the spring.  It usually starts blooming in late May/early June and blooms for a few weeks, developing rattly seed pods later in the summer.  Once it gets well established (after 2-3 years), it will get to 3-4' tall and wide.  Looks like you've got a good-sized clump with decent roots, so it will probably reach full size sooner.  I have two in one of my garden beds, and I love them.  The foliage is beautiful all summer.

iggi said:

From Duppie's garden to mine. I forget what this was. Laura has it written down. Looked like asparagus for a while.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 10, 2011 at 3:09pm

You've inspired me to post some pictures.

Just got 4 new clematis plants.  I'm hoping to plant them tomorrow when the soil dries a little from its current saturated state.

 

A new iris - to be planted soon.

 

It's been a lovely year for columbines.

 

Good year for irises, too.

 

Two baptisia plants.  The one on the left is the variety that Iggi has, planted here 3 years ago.  On the right is another variety, planted 4 years ago.  The ground cover is Lamium (Purple Dragon).  Early season bulbs (tulips, daffodils, etc.) are fading or already finished for the season.  This bed transforms from a riot of spring color to the color palette you see here for the rest of the season.

 

This old rose is well established (perhaps 20+ yrs - largest canes are at least 1.5" thick) - came with the house - 5' tall and wide, with a wonderful light fragrance.

 

Oregano - this is what it looks like when well established - not blooming yet.

 

Lovely corner bed with Japanese maple.

 

Green beans - getting a nice start in spite of our less-than-ideal spring weather.  Yes, I need to do some weeding.

 

Raspberries!  Last year was my first (small) yield.  This year should be a lot better.  Yeah!

Permalink Reply by Allison M. down Ogden 7.9 mi on June 12, 2011 at 12:13pm

Peas!!!!!!

 

Tomatoes gettin' huge

 

Veggie bed panorama

 

yay

 

wooo!

Permalink Reply by igz on June 13, 2011 at 3:55pm

can you guess what this is?

 

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 13, 2011 at 4:14pm

A sunflower?

Permalink Reply by igz on June 13, 2011 at 10:52pm

Ding ding ding. Indeed. Want one? I have a bunch of sprouts. I had two rows in one of my beds but the back row got murdered thanks to an oversized dog. The front row is now huge and I don't think the little guys will survive behind. Ill try to find a spot in the yard for them, but if ya wnat, ill be happy to share.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on June 13, 2011 at 10:59pm

Sunflowers have deep tap roots and don't transplant well. Some chance they'll recover if you manage to get a big enough dirt clump.

I have Mexican sunflower (Tithonia)  to pass along and no room for anything else large, but thanks.

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