Member profile for Gardenmom47

Gardening since 1975
  • Name: Gwen
  • Location: Layton, UT
  • Gardening experience: I'm a master gardener
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Tell us about yourself...Gardening makes me feel happy, excited, relaxed and often is how I begin and complete my day.  Every time my family and friends savor a meal or fresh veggies from my garden, I feel like I am contributing to their health and well being.  It gives me great joy!!!
  • Member since August 15, 2011
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Edible Landscaping 2011 Layton, UT

I first became hooked on gardening at age 12; since then I have found places and ways to garden no matter when I have resided.  My current pvc greenhouse contains a full mini garden with herbs, veggies, and flowers.  There are 3 main trellises for vine crops and... » more
  • Last updated: May 30, 2012
  • Garden type: edible landscape

Bee garden Ogden, UT

  • Last updated: September 18, 2011
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Edible Landscaping 2011-greenhouse Layton, UT

This is our primary garden and the location for our year round produce; I started this greenhouse fall 2010 and finished building the frame and added the first beds in June 2011.  Other than moving plants around as they produce food or complete their growth cycle,... » more
  • Last updated: October 08, 2011
  • Garden type: back yard

Edible Landscaping 2011-harvest and meals Layton, UT

Here is some of the bounty we have enjoyed from our garden.  We are very much looking forward to eating our one lonely canteloupe and we hope the 3 sugar baby melons reach full size before the cold weather sets and ruins them.  Right now there are lemons larger... » more
  • Last updated: September 21, 2011
  • Garden type: edible landscape

Edible Landscaping 2011- fungal growths Layton, UT

Weird growths found in my garden » more
  • Last updated: September 21, 2011
  • Garden type: back yard

Gwen's heirloom garden 2012 Layton, UT

This is my year to grow as much produce as possible and to use the savings to pay down my debt and rebuild my family emergency fund.  We eat a lot of fruits and vegetables; I have spent up to $80 in produce for a 2-week period for 3 people.  My challenge is to... » more
  • Last updated: November 07, 2012
  • Garden type: Grow It Forward: Heirloom
  • Last updated: July 14, 2012
  • Garden type: container
  • Last updated: August 05, 2012
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MY GARDEN PANTRY 2013 Layton, UT

My goal this year is to start all my veggie, herb and fruit starts and eat fresh from the garden all summer; the savings will be used to fund a family vacation (location to be decided soon). We plan to add chickens and ducks to our yard, and will build a moveable... » more
  • Last updated: March 22, 2013
  • Garden type: back yard

Boston Fenway Victory Garden Boston, MA

by Kristen
In the early spring the daffodils and tulips start to poke out of the ground...the 2 lilac bushes begin their blooms soon after. During mid-May, I begin to add veggie, herb, and annual plantings. Also, my parents bring...

Your Entomolo-Garden Oakland, CA

Welcome to the Insect News Network on YourGardenShow! The I.N.N. travels the globe to learn how people think and feel about our 6- and 8-legged friends. The I.N.N. is a non-stop, multi-media interdisciplinary plunge...

jjs Cle Elum, WA

by JJS
simple

Patterns of Growth Fremont, CA

My garden is my art, literally. I grow plants so I can photograph them in new and interesting ways. There is such a variety of plants in the San Francisco Bay Area and I pluck not only from my yard, but along the trail...

Edible Landscaping 2011 Layton, UT

I first became hooked on gardening at age 12; since then I have found places and ways to garden no matter when I have resided.  My current pvc greenhouse contains a full mini garden with herbs, veggies, and flowers. ...

The Green Gardener in Herald, California Herald, CA

Greetings from Herald, CA. Located just South East of Sacramento by 20 miles. Millions of grape vines cover the Herald landscape and vegetables grow well here with a good compost pile to nourish our Green Garden....

Theobald Family Garden Logan, UT

by Jentheo
Growing up I always provided a little garden space from my mom for me to grow things. As years have gone by and now I'm married, we have survived many times living off our garden. Someday I would love to own my own...

Q's Fussy Garden Minneapolis, MN

We've been fussing about what Fruits, Herbs, Flowers, Vegetables, and Trees to grow in our organic urban garden for years now. [All of which are important parts of our garden] Once the snow melts we implement our not...

Gail's gardens Fort Saskatchewan, Canada

My garden is always evolving and this year I am almost starting from scratch. When we sold our old house I split some of my perrenials and took them with me. As our new house was not ready until this year, I planted...

Pastor Bob's hunger garden Des Moines, IA

A new, young garden for growing vegetables to be donated to groups in Des Moines that help the hungry, especially children. No digging, no tilling. The first step was yesterday (Sept 6, 2010). Eight of us spread newspapers...

Willowwacks Faerie Garden Rogue River, OR

When I moved here there was a small organic garden but most of the topsoil was washed away by gold mining and logging. I'm creating a food forest and learning permaculture practices. There is more life here now but...

Our Grounds Des Moines, IA

Ornamental, beds and borders where evergreen conifers and deciduous shrubs mingle with perennials, bulbs, and a few favorite annuals. Some Iowa prairie plants such as side-oats grama grass. A still-water, self-maintaining...

Tornado alley Louisville, KY

Moving  to Kentucky Spring of 2013 (Yay-tis a zone warmer!!)   High hopes that my Tornado Ally garden grows happy in it's new home.   Kentucky allows Chickens-Whoot Whoot!!

Chiz Gardens Monroe, MI

by Liz
Our old farmhouse sits on an acre and a half of gardens with an old barn as its background. The house has many window boxes with a variety of flowers. There is a large pond with a waterfall designed by my husband. The...

Sweet Expansion Hastings, MN

Two is better than one: we added a second raised bed (74 square feet) to more than double our vegetable garden space.  Est. 2011

Sweet Beginnings Hastings, MN

From an old, unused sandbox to 64 square feet of raised bed vegetable garden goodness.  Est. 2010 

Prince Snow Farm Mattapoisett, MA

Our garden is a true extension of our desire to grow healthy food for our family and friends without the use of chemicals. And this year, NO GMO's! Wahoo!!!!

Sweet as Pie Hastings, MN

Our current home came with a well established Haralson apple tree and healthy plantings of raspberries and rhubarb.  In 2011, we added two varieties of strawberries: Fort Laramie and Winona.

toppenish family organic garden Toppenish, WA

by JMTKMS
We started this garden in 2010 and could not believe the harvest!!!  We expanded in 2011 and now we are exhausted because the harvest was so much more.  We are completely organic and feel that this is so helpful for...

Veebee's Kitchen Garden Davenport, NY

by veebee
This year 2012 will be the third season of my organically grown 20'x25' fenced kitchen garden.  My garden grows primarily in raised beds and along vertical trellising, all surrounded with a diverse herb border. ...

Nyack AutoGardens Nyack, NY

My garden(s) are a series of automated racks for the growing of plants in containers

Sweet Heirlooms Hastings, MN

A Grow It Forward heirloom garden

Phytopod Vertical Garden New York, NY

One of two Phytopods I grew at the back of my apartment building on Riverside Drive

Swingset Lasagna Garden Dayton, OH

My very resourceful sister bought a house with this old swingset frame in the backyard. When she wanted to add a bed for more veggies, she made a lasagna garden under the frame, and used the frame and some PVC pipe...

Love Your Tomatoes Worcester, NY

Find a better way to grow tomatoes in the North East, a planter that can support four tomato plants, and can be moved if upcoming storms, frost,  high winds, or scorching sun, or periods of long heavy rain followed...

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

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Favorite gardening books: Square Foot Gardening, Lasagne Gardening
Favorite vegetable: broccoli
Favorite flower: Roses and wisteria
Favorite tree / shrub: Kaleidescope butterfly bush
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  • Gardenmom47 replied over 1 year ago
    Thank you to everyone who has voted for my garden; it truly means a lot to me.  Someday when I again am a homeowner, I will transform my yard into my dream retreat.
    Gardenmom47 replied over 1 year ago
    Last year we moved into our current home.  Although we are in the same town, the micro-climates around the yard are totally different.  I consider this year a learning experience.  Thankfully, most of my garden is in moveable pots and planters so I was able to improve the growth and productivity of some things just by choosing a different section of the yard around the house.
    Patrick-TheGreenGardener replied over 1 year ago
    You have a very nice garden! 
    I have voted for your garden on as one of the top 25 'Fabulous Food Garden's'
    I am also FOLLOWING your Garden!!!
    As a fair contestant in this little contest, it would  mean a lot to me if I were to 
    have your vote for one of the top 25 'Fabulous Food Gardens' contest as well. 
    Respectfully,
    Patrick (The Green Gardener)
    Gardenmom47 replied over 1 year ago
    The tomatoes and zucchini are abundant; after watching the movie "ratatouille", I think I will make one today for us to have for dinner this week.
    Gardenmom47 replied almost 2 years ago
    Today we added several dwarf citrus plants to our mini orchard/fruit garden: we added a limequat, kumquat, meyer lemon, and a navel orange,    We already had several dwarf trees and fruit plants:  Honeycrisp apple, plum, nectarine, peach,apricot, banana, raspberries, 2 types of strawberries, rhubarb, dwarf cherry tree, 1 paw paw, 2 mango trees, 1 avocado, and a pineapple plant.  I think our next additions will be: a dwarf lime, kiwi, and a dwarf pear.