aerial garden view
The gardens are full and green. Click on photo, then mouse over to see what’s growing where.
July photos of my gardens
This is my side yard garden. The beds are getting sun about 11 am to 2:30 pm now because of trees to the east and west. But is is really sheltered and warm here, especially in the open cold frame against the south wall of the house. And this is my community plot – with completely full sun.
sideyard garden
It was evening when I took this photo from the upstairs window. Earlier in the day I caught the thermometer at 106*F! The sensor is located in full sun in the middle of my open cold frame. With the adjacent house walls and the stone path, it gets really warm. If I move the sensor a few feet to the shade, its a good 10* cooler. As I am posting this photo I notice a squirrel in the far left bed. What is he doing!!? I spent the day working…
sideyard garden in the cool wet spring
The beds are pretty well planted now with peas, beans, edamame and tomatoes. They are growing slow in the cool wet weather. The peas have pulled down their supports. I’ll look for another support next year. But they are just about ready to start picking. Inside the cold frame are eggplants, cucumbers, watermelon and herbs.
April garden arial
A lot of good gardening weather this week! Midweek, I moved my Meyers lemon out to its summer location. Its full of fruit this year and blooming again. Today I shoveled 3 wheelbarrows full of compost to my garden beds, raked it down and did some planting. I usually turn the compost in every spring, but (mostly out of lack of energy) decided to try lasagna gardening this year. Since I have an irrigation system that needs to be lifted and redug when I turn the garden, its a big…
April garden view
Not much happening yet, but soon. My gnomes are working hard. And the peas are growing.
bare winter garden
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This year is on track to be the least snowy winter ever in the Boston area.
first snow of the year
Finally. We got a couple inches of snow last night. Looks like it will melt in the next few days.
snowy Halloween garden
After a day of melting, this is my garden. We got about 3 inches of the white stuff on Saturday. Way less than other places to the west of us. A big branch fell in the backyard that will need to be cleared with a power saw. I hope the weather warms and stays snow-free at least til next weekend so I can clean up my gardens. I was still picking peppers and basil last week and had done minimal clean up. I guess its time to prepare for winter!
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy
weeks and counting until my last spring frost
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
