a garden down the road

 
 
This is a garden a couple of blocks from mine. Along the driveway, they have tomatoes, squashes and dill. A very nice tomato support system of wrought iron pipe, wood posts and twisted rope. Along the sidewalk is a low stone wall next to a row of emormous plants of cabbage, basil, swiss chard, kale, spinach and brussels sprouts. It is all mulched with salt marsh hay. A great garden to walk by. Solanum lycopersicum
 
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wren house

 
 
A new wren house overlooking the vegetable garden. Maybe it’ll get an occupant next spring. gardenbirds
 
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Platycodon grandiflorus

 
 
Balloon flower. My ~10 year old plant grows about 3 feet tall and gets sun from about 12 noon on. It looks nice this year next to “Prarie Sun” Rudbeckia.
 
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happy eggplants

 
 
I’m pleased with the way the eggplants look. After removing the 3 treehopper nymphs and a quick spray with nasty stuff (Sevin), they seem to be doing well. Some fruits are beginnning to form. Many blossoms. The 2 plants girdled by the treehoppers lost all their original leaves, but have many little new leaves coming and even those plants, though small, look sort of OK now. I check closely for more hoppers, but haven’t found any more. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. topic: eggplant
 
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tomatoes

 
 
My tomatoes are about shoulder-high now. I can almost taste them. But I think its at least another week yet.
 
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snap pea

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Finally a snap pea is ripe! I do have to admit, though, that there are about 5 of these on the vines. Not a very good crop. I’ll probably just eat them raw, right as I pick them. The seeds didn’t fare well with the wet spring and alot didn’t sprout. My snow pea crop will be ready soon and it looks pretty good. Pisum sativum
 
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eggplant blossom

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My eggplants are tucked in among my perennials this year in hopes that this will keep them warmer. I have had terrible luck with eggplants in the past few years. I keep trying. They are one of the most interesting vegetable plants. topic: eggplant
 
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jalepeno pepper?

 
 
I think there’s a little jalepeno starting to grow here. I didn’t see it until I looked at the picture, but, unfortunately, the camera focuses better than my eyes do. Capsicum
 
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Kathy Martin
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

What I planted recently

Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



What I'm planting soon

April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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“I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who are no longer strangers, but friends who delight in the edible rewards offered from a garden they discovered together.” – Greg Peterson

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