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Gardening since 1975
  • Name: Renee Cook
  • Location: West Haven, CT
  • Gardening experience: I'm a serious hobbyist
  • Personal links: http://slowfoodshoreline.org
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I love to garden and cook. I have 6 chickens and 2 pups. 
  • Member since March 15, 2012
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Cluck Clucks and 2 Pups Garden West Haven, CT

My backyard garden started in 2007 the first week that we moved into our house. I planted 6 tomato plants in July, and we had so many tomato's that year. It was a mild fall, and I remember harvesting tomato's through the end of October. Each year we learn, grow,... » more
  • Last updated: May 09, 2012
  • Garden type: Grow It Forward: Heirloom

Allotment on the dike Schellingwoude, Netherlands

by Claire
After years of being on the waiting list, on 4 June 2011 I finally got a garden allotment (known as volkstuin in Dutch). It's just a 15-minute bike ride from home, at the back of an old Dutch dike - and has a little...

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...

Longview Hill Farm Ellington, CT

As a child I gardened with my family so it was no surprise that I started my own small garden when my husband and I bought our first house together in 2008.  Each year my garden has expanded in both size and variety. ...

Boston Rose Garden Boston, MA

by Maria
lots of roses - test

Raisin' the Veg Westland, MI

My raised garden. Backyard gardening

City Point neighborhood New Haven, CT

front yard is formal knot garden, tree strip is formal planters, back yard: espaliered holly, roses, perennials; organic veg garden, sunken patio garden with water garden. Everything in miniature.

Zumo East Lansing, MI

by zumollc
Our garden has evolved slowly, as my daughters, my husband, and myself have explored and experimented with different planting strategies and cultivars.  Our home is on an 1/3 of an acre lot in East Lansing's Flower...

Zumo East Lansing, MI

by zumollc
Our garden has evolved slowly, as my daughters, my husband, and myself have explored and experimented with different planting strategies and cultivars.  Our home is on an 1/3 of an acre lot in East Lansing's Flower...

Zumo East Lansing, MI

by zumollc
Our garden has evolved slowly, as my daughters, my husband, and myself have explored and experimented with different planting strategies and cultivars.  Our home is on an 1/3 of an acre lot in East Lansing's Flower...

My passion Randolph, NJ

by tinam
I call my garden my passion because that is exactly what it is. Gardening as been something I have been involved in in form or another most of my life.  I am so passionate about gardening that I started my own design...

My passion Randolph, NJ

by tinam
I call my garden my passion because that is exactly what it is. Gardening as been something I have been involved in in form or another most of my life.  I am so passionate about gardening that I started my own design...

Abington, MA 1850 Farm House Garden Abington, MA

We, recently moved into an old 1850 farm house 2years ago with an acre of land and no landscaping. These are my trials and tribulations in transforming this property from bland to grand. I recently enrolled back at...

French kitchen Garden Titusville, NJ

My garden started out a mess when we bought our home in 2005.  I decided to make a kitchen garden in the french potager style. I spent one year studying all about french kitchen gardens before starting.  It took me...

Community Garden Rebuilt, San Francisco San Francisco, CA

This is a community garden in my neighborhood which is getting a facelift now after 15 or so years. University of San Francisco and others are joining together to help support the former San Francisco League of Urban...

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

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Favorite gardening books:
Favorite vegetable: Potato
Favorite flower: Tulip
Favorite tree / shrub: red maple
Gardening organizations: Local community garden and Other
Favorite park / arboreteum: New York Botanical Gardens

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